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Poultry

Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

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Bantam 76% connected

A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.

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Chicken 76% connected

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

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Cornish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.

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Dove 76% connected

of Dive

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Duck 76% connected

A pet; a darling.

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Game fowl 76% connected

A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males.

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Goose 76% connected

Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

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Guinea 76% connected

A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, et…

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Squab 76% connected

Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

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Turkey 76% connected

An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.

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Broader term 3

Bird 76% connected

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

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Fowl 76% connected

Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

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Gallinacean 76% connected

One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.

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Containing whole 1

Fowl 70% connected

Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

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Component part 1

Saddle 70% connected

A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, a…

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Fowl 92% connected

Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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