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fowlish

fowlish adjective: like, characteristic of, or resembling a fowl; fowllike.

Adjective

fowlish (comparative more fowlish, superlative most fowlish)

  1. Like, characteristic of, or resembling a fowl; fowllike.

Forms of fowlish

comparativemore fowlish
superlativemost fowlish

Origin of fowlish

From fowl + -ish.

Questions about fowlish

What does fowlish mean?
Fowlish means like, characteristic of, or resembling a fowl; fowllike.
What part of speech is fowlish?
Fowlish is an adjective.

Words near fowlish in the dictionary

  1. fowlicidins
  2. fowling
  3. fowling piece
  4. fowling pieces
  5. fowlings
  6. fowlish
  7. fowlkind
  8. fowllike
  9. fowlpox
  10. fowlpoxvirus
  11. fowlpoxviruses

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