What is the meaning of Fowl?

A bird of the order Galliformes, to which belong chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail.

Birds hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae.

Any bird.

To hunt fowl.

foul

alternative form of fowel

Source: wiktionary.org