a gallinaceous bird kept chiefly for its eggs and flesh; a domestic cock or hen. The domestic fowl is descended from the wild red junglefowl of Southeast Asia ( see jungle fowl )
any other domesticated bird kept for its eggs or flesh, e.g., the turkey, duck, goose, and guineafowl.
the flesh of birds, especially of the domestic cock or hen, as food; poultry.
birds collectively , especially as the quarry of hunters.