<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken.</li><li>any of several other, usually gallinaceous, birds that are barnyard, domesticated, or wild, as the duck, turkey, or pheasant.</li><li>a full-grown domestic fowl for food purposes, as distinguished from a chicken or young fowl.</li><li>the flesh or meat of a domestic fowl.</li><li>any bird (used chiefly in combination): waterfowl; wildfowl.</li></ul>