barnyard fowl
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The New York Mets — after reliever Frank Francisco called the rival Yankees "chickens" — have brought in a live barnyard fowl as a clubhouse pet, so now it's time to give it a name.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2012
On dry isolated spots farmers hoed sugar beets, tended their barnyard fowl.
From Time Magazine Archive
Immediately everybody shuns him because ferrets are believed to massacre barnyard fowl.
From Time Magazine Archive
Looking elegantly tuxedoed on their sold-out tours of Europe and the U.S., they spiked their tight harmonies with expert, deadpan vocal clowning; they could imitate band instruments and barnyard fowl.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is as domestic and tame as a barnyard fowl, which, wandering in the wildest woodland, could never be mistaken as game.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
