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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("wildfowl" is a kind of...):
bird; fowl (the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wildfowl"):
grouse (flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil)
quail (flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised)
partridge (flesh of either quail or grouse)
pheasant (flesh of a pheasant; usually braised)
