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Fowl
are
birds
belonging to one of two
biological orders
, namely the gamefowl or landfowl (
Galliformes
) and the waterfowl (
Anseriformes
). It happens that birds in these groups are good to eat, and often hunted by gun. So the word 'fowl' may be used for a
game bird
. The group is mostly of birds we
hunt
or farm, and which we eat. Studies of
anatomical
and
molecular
similarities suggest these two groups are close
evolutionary
relatives. Together, they form the fowl
clade
, the
Galloanserae
.
[3]
This clade is also supported by morphological and
DNA sequence
data,
[4]
as well as
retrotransposon
data.
[5]