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/kroʊ blˈækbərd/ Listen

noun

Crow n.

(Zool.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw. Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is Corvus corone. The common American crow is Corvus Americanus.

A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. "Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell."

The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.

The mesentery of a beast; so called by butchers.

Carrion crow. See under Carrion.

Crow blackbird (Zool.), an American bird (Quiscalus quiscula); called also purple grackle.

Crow pheasant (Zool.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.

Crow shrike (Zool.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.

Red-legged crow. See Crough.

As the crow flies, in a direct line.

To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one).

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Etymology of 'Crow blackbird'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crow blackbird" Quotes from Famous Books

... depart from their usual habit, and take up with the abandoned nest of some other species. The blue jay now and then lays in an old crow's nest or cuckoo's nest. The crow blackbird, seized with a fit of indolence, drops its eggs in the cavity of a decayed branch. I heard of a cuckoo that dispossessed a robin of its nest; of another that set a blue jay adrift. Large, loose structures, like the nests of the osprey and certain of the herons, have been ...

— Wake-Robin • John Burroughs