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bat⋅fowl

  [bat-foul]
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–verb (used without object)
to catch birds at night by dazzling them with a light and then capturing them in a net.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME batfowlyn. See bat 2 , fowl (v.)

Related forms:
batfowler, noun
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bat·fowl   (bāt'foul')   
intr.v.   bat·fowled, bat·fowl·ing, bat·fowls
To catch roosting birds at night by blinding them with a light and then hitting or netting them.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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