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Noun: domestic fowl
  1. A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
    - fowl, poultry

Derived forms: domestic fowl

Type of: gallinacean, gallinaceous bird

Part of: Gallus, genus Gallus

Encyclopedia: Domestic fowl