domestic fowl

noun

domestic fowl

a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl ( Gallus gallus ) and occurring in many varieties Often shortened tofowl

Ratu Lala also assured me that the wild chickens were indigenous in Fiji, and were not descended from the domestic fowl.

The female alone protects and attends the young, brooding them under her wings in the manner of the domestic fowl.

The common domestic fowl, the turkey, the pea-hen, and the common duck produce the eggs which are commonest in the market.

She was small and very active, like some ragged domestic fowl run wild.

The cock is a bird midway in size between the common domestic fowl and the turkey, and has long legs.

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