- [countable, uncountable] (plural fowl, fowls)
a bird that is kept for its meat and eggs, for example a chicken 家禽 a variety of domestic fowl 各种家禽 fowl such as turkeys and ducks 诸如火鸡和鸭之类的家禽
- [countable] (old use)
any bird 鸟
Word OriginOld English fugol ‘bird’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vogel and German Vogel, also to fly (verb).
Idioms
neither fish nor fowl
neither one thing nor another 非驴非马；不伦不类 The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that it is neither fish nor fowl. 气垫船一直饱受不伦不类之苦。