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batfowl

[ bat-foul ]
/ ˈbætˌfaʊl /
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verb (used without object)
to catch birds at night by dazzling them with a light and then capturing them in a net.
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Origin of batfowl

1400–50; late Middle English batfowlyn.See bat2, fowl (v.)

OTHER WORDS FROM batfowl

batfowler, noun

Words nearby batfowl

Bates, Batesian mimicry, Bateson, BATF, batfish, batfowl, bat girl, bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Bat Hayil, Bath bun
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British Dictionary definitions for batfowl

batfowl
/ (ˈbætˌfaʊl) /
verb
(intr) to catch birds by temporarily blinding them with light

Derived forms of batfowl

batfowler, noun
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