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wildfowl

wildfowl

7.6
Meat from wild game birds like duck or pheasant that people eat
  • noun
  • /ˈwaɪldˌfaʊl/
  • UK
translation icon : carne de ave salvaje
  • Many traditional European dishes highlight the flavors of wildfowl such as duck and pheasant.

Examples

  • The chef prepared a rich stew using wildfowl and fresh herbs.

  • Hunters often bring back wildfowl to be roasted over an open fire.

  • I love to eat wildfowl during the holidays.

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish of wildfowl for the banquet.

  • During our camping trip, we roasted wildfowl over the fire for dinner.

  • The chef specializes in preparing wildfowl, using traditional techniques to enhance the flavor.

  • Many people enjoy hunting wildfowl in the autumn season when they are in abundance.

Synonyms

fowl
vswildfowl
6 3.2

Meat from birds like chicken or duck used for food

is specific to meat from game birds rather than domestic birds

Antonyms

poultry
40 1.9

Birds kept on farms like chickens, ducks and turkeys for eggs and meat

How Wild

wildfowl
  • UK
7.6
poultry
40 1.9

Surface Forms

wildfowl singular
wildfowl plural

Morphology

wildfowl = wild + fowl (semi-transparent) = wild + fowl

The compound is clear, but the sense 'the flesh of wild game birds' is a metonymic extension (animal -> meat) that is less directly inferable.

Etymology

Wildfowl comes from wild ('not tame') and fowl ('bird'), and people long ago used the word for both the birds and their meat. That's why wildfowl can also mean the meat of wild birds such as duck and pheasant.