domestic fowl

noun

1

: poultry

2

: a bird of one of the breeds developed from the jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) including some specialized for meat production and others for egg laying, for fighting, or purely for ornament or show : chicken see bantam, brahma , game fowl, leghorn

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