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fowl-lore

fowl-lore noun: the knowledge, study, or science of fowls; birdlore.

Noun

fowl-lore (uncountable)

  1. (archaic or puristic) The knowledge, study, or science of fowls; birdlore.
    • Member of the Danish Rigsdag, the king's sheriff in Faroe, a man of the simplest manners and most varied knowledge and intelligence, great in whalelore and fowllore, strong in deep-sea fishing, a great gatherer of strange over-sea waifs, […]1864, The North British review, page 300
    • The chapters end with scraps of descriptive ornithology which we gladly skip to revel in the folk-lore and the fowl-lore, the laughable records of marshland superstition, the scorn for sham naturalists, […]1896, The Speaker, volume 13, page 453

Forms of fowl-lore

alternative formfowllore
alternative formfowl lore

Origin of fowl-lore

From fowl + lore.

Questions about fowl-lore

What does fowl-lore mean?
Fowl-lore means the knowledge, study, or science of fowls; birdlore.
What part of speech is fowl-lore?
Fowl-lore is a noun.

Words near fowl-lore in the dictionary

  1. fowl paralysis
  2. fowl pest
  3. fowl-house
  4. fowl-houses
  5. fowl-like
  6. fowl-lore
  7. fowl-run
  8. fowl-runs
  9. fowle
  10. fowled
  11. fowler

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