"Many birds that are eaten by humans are fowl, including poultry such as chickens or turkeys, game birds such as pheasants or partridges, other wildfowl like guineafowl or peafowl, and waterfowl such as ducks or geese."
There are also 'Turkeyfowl', which might not be turkeys but the name is sufficient for punster purposes:
"When Europeans first encountered turkeys in the Americas they incorrectly identified the birds as a type of guineafowl (Numididae), also known as Turkey fowl (or Turkey hen and Turkey cock) from their importation to Central Europe through Turkey, and that name, shortened to just the name of the country, stuck as the name of the bird."
I realise that Wiki might not be the end-all be-all of Authoritative voice, but Webster's dictionary tells us that 'fowl' is a bird of any kind. I believe that turkeys are considered birds.
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Date: 2009-04-22 07:40 am (UTC)"Many birds that are eaten by humans are fowl, including poultry such as chickens or turkeys, game birds such as pheasants or partridges, other wildfowl like guineafowl or peafowl, and waterfowl such as ducks or geese."
There are also 'Turkeyfowl', which might not be turkeys but the name is sufficient for punster purposes:
"When Europeans first encountered turkeys in the Americas they incorrectly identified the birds as a type of guineafowl (Numididae), also known as Turkey fowl (or Turkey hen and Turkey cock) from their importation to Central Europe through Turkey, and that name, shortened to just the name of the country, stuck as the name of the bird."
I realise that Wiki might not be the end-all be-all of Authoritative voice, but Webster's dictionary tells us that 'fowl' is a bird of any kind. I believe that turkeys are considered birds.
*sticks out tongue at you*