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<p>Fowl are <a href="/facts/Bird/RJF6zwLP">birds</a> belonging to one of two <a href="/facts/Order_(biology)/GKLJvIpt">biological orders</a>, namely the gamefowl or landfowl (<a href="/facts/Galliformes/VYG04bUD">Galliformes</a>) and the waterfowl (<a href="/facts/Anseriformes/goIz5Ybo">Anseriformes</a>). Anatomical and molecular similarities suggest these two groups are close <a href="/facts/Evolution/Hj0qAaBk">evolutionary</a> relatives; together, they form the fowl <a href="/facts/Clade/XefyYmWn">clade</a> which is scientifically known as Galloanserae or Galloanseres (initially termed Galloanseri) (<a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a> <i>gallus</i> ("rooster") + <i>ānser</i> ("goose")). This clade is also supported by morphological and <a href="/facts/DNA_sequence/hsPsNCQW">DNA sequence</a> data as well as <a href="/facts/Retrotransposon/E0SgHUjT">retrotransposon</a> <a href="/facts/Retrotransposon_Marker/7UutEey6">presence/absence data</a>. </p>