fowls
Ducks and geese
Fowls is the plural of fowl, meaning birds kept for eggs or meat—chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese.
The word sounds old-fashioned in casual speech, where people usually say chickens or birds instead.
It persists in formal or agricultural contexts: domestic fowls, guinea fowls.
The farmer raised fowls for the local market.
Female fowl
- roosterMale domestic fowl
- broilerTop-heat cooking compartment
- layerSingle thickness of material
- caponNeutered rooster for meat
pullet · cockerel · free-range · coop · roost · giblets · drumstick · thigh
Domestic fowl for eating
- turkeyWattled North American fowl
- duckWaterbird that quacks
- gooseLarge honking waterfowl
- pheasantLarge ornamental game bird
quail · partridge · grouse · peafowl · junglefowl · ptarmigan · prairie chicken · bobwhite
Bird's complete feather coat
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- wattleHanging throat skin
- combToothed grooming implement
spur · crop · gizzard · quill · down · hackles · pinion · coverts
Settling to sleep aloft
- peckingJabbing with beak
- cluckingHen's vocal noise
- scratchingRaking with nails
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
brooding · nesting · crowing · strutting · flocking · clutch · incubation · imprinting
Poultry enclosure
- henhousePoultry dwelling
- runMove swiftly on foot
- feedSupply with sustenance
- watererOne who moistens plants
incubator · hatchery · candling · culling · debeaking · free-range · pasture-raised · organic
Pursuing wild game
- shootingDischarging a weapon
- seasonYearly division or series
- decoyFalse target for misdirection
- retrieverDog trained to fetch game
flush · bag · license · upland · gamekeeper · beaters · blind · call
Organism's natural environment
- migrationMovement to new territory
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- woodlandForested land area
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
endangered · wildlife · population · predation · territory · native · feral · naturalized
hen
Female fowl
capon · pullet · cockerel · free-range · coop · roost · giblets · drumstick · thigh · breast
chicken
Domestic fowl for eating
pheasant · quail · partridge · grouse · peafowl · junglefowl · ptarmigan · prairie chicken · bobwhite · chukar
plumage
Bird's complete feather coat
comb · spur · crop · gizzard · quill · down · hackles · pinion · coverts · tail feathers
roosting
Settling to sleep aloft
- peckingJabbing with beak
- cluckingHen's vocal noise
- scratchingRaking with nails
foraging · brooding · nesting · crowing · strutting · flocking · clutch · incubation · imprinting · territorial
coop
Poultry enclosure
waterer · incubator · hatchery · candling · culling · debeaking · free-range · pasture-raised · organic · backyard
hunting
Pursuing wild game
retriever · flush · bag · license · upland · gamekeeper · beaters · blind · call · wild turkey
habitat
Organism's natural environment
conservation · endangered · wildlife · population · predation · territory · native · feral · naturalized · breeding grounds
fowlswild birds
pet birds · cage birds · game birds · exotic birds · raptors
fowlssongbirds
Perching birds with musical calls
passerines · nightingales · warblers · thrushes · larks
- guinea fowlSpotted African game bird
- neither fish nor fowlBelonging to no category
- domestic fowlFarm-raised edible birds
- Artemis Fowl