WILDFOWL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("wildfowl" is a kind of...):

bird; fowl (the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wildfowl"):

grouse (flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil)

quail (flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised)

partridge (flesh of either quail or grouse)

pheasant (flesh of a pheasant; usually braised)