*aka ‘fowls’*
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(‘fowl’ are birds belonging to 1 of 2 biological orders, namely…)
*the ‘gamefowl’*
(aka ‘landfowl’)
(‘galliformes’)
*the ‘waterfowl’*
(‘anseriformes’)
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Studies of anatomical and molecular similarities suggest these two groups are close evolutionary relatives; together, they form the fowl clade which is scientifically known as Galloanserae (initially termed Galloanseri))
(this clade is also supported by morphological and DNA sequence data as well as retrotransposon presence/absence data)
As opposed to “fowl”, “poultry” is a term for any kind of domesticated bird or bird captive-raised for meat, eggs, or feathers; ostriches, for example, are sometimes kept as poultry, but are neither gamefowl nor waterfowl.
In colloquial speech, however, the term “fowl” is often used near-synonymously with “poultry,” and many languages do not distinguish between “poultry” and “fowl”.
Nonetheless, the fact that the Galliformes and Anseriformes most likely form a monophyletic group makes a distinction between “fowl” and “poultry” warranted.
(the historic difference is due to the Germanic/Latin split word pairs characteristic of Middle English; the word ‘fowl’ is of Germanic origin (cf. Old English “fugol“, German Vogel, Swedish fågel, Danish/Norwegian fugl), whilst ‘poultry’ is of Latin via Norman French origin)
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(many birds that are eaten by humans are fowl, including
poultry such as chickens or turkeys,
game birds such as pheasants or partridges,
other wildfowl like guineafowl or peafowl,
and waterfowl such as ducks or ‘geese’)
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“duck hunt”
“duck duck goose”
“donald duck”
“dead ducks”
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