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BATFOWL

Dictionary entry overview: What does batfowl mean?

• BATFOWL (verb)
The verb BATFOWL has 1 sense:

1. catch birds by temporarily blinding them

Familiarity information: BATFOWL used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BATFOWL (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Catch birds by temporarily blinding them

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "batfowl" is one way to...):

capture; catch (capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping)

Domain category:

hunt; hunting (the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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