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domestic fowl

American  

noun

  1. a chicken.

  2. poultry.


domestic fowl British  

noun

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

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