fowl wiki:
is a bird of any kind, although some types of birds use the word specifically in their names (for example, Guineafowl and Peafowl). As a generic plural, fowl often refers collectively to domestic farm birds (such as chickens, turkeys and geese (see also poultry)) or to wild game birds (such as wild ducks or pheasants). Some fowl, such as geese and ducks, are also referred to as waterfowl.The word fowl has cognates in other Germanic languages, e.g., German Vogel, Dutch vogel, Danish fugl and Gothic fugls, all of which mean simply "bird".
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duck wiki:
>For other uses, see Duck (disambiguation). Dendrocygninae Oxyurinae Anatinae Merginae Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae bird family. The ducks are divided between several different subfamilies listed in full in the Anatidae article. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than their relatives the swans and geese, and may be found in both fresh and salt water.
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