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Definition of Jackdaw
1. Noun. Common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
Generic synonyms: Corvine Bird
Group relationships: Corvus, Genus Corvus
Definition of Jackdaw
1. n. See Daw,
Definition of Jackdaw
1. Noun. A European bird of the Crow family (''Corvus monedula''), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a daw. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jackdaw
1. a crowlike bird [n -S]
Medical Definition of Jackdaw
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackdaw
| jackboot jackbooted jackboots jackdaw (current term) jackdaws jacked jacked off jacked up jackeen jackeens | jacker jackeroo jackeroos jackers jacket jacket crown jacket potato jacket potatoes |
Literary usage of Jackdaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Children's Classics in Dramatic Form by Augusta Stevenson (1909)
"[The Vain jackdaw stops to look at something on the ground.] (To Vain jackdaw.
... ANOTHER jackdaw. See how he sticks the feathers in among his own! ..."
2. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"THE jackdaw OF RHEIMS. THE jackdaw sat on the Cardinal's chair; Bishop and abbot
and prior were there; Many a knight and many a squire, With a great many ..."
3. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"THE jackdaw OF RHEIMS THK jackdaw sat on the Cardinal's chair! ... In and out
Through the motley rout, That little jackdaw kept hopping about; ..."
4. Poems of the English Race by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1921)
"THE jackdaw OF RHEIMS RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM The jackdaw sat on the ... 10 In and
out, through the motley rout, That little jackdaw kept hopping about; ..."
5. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1833)
"A Notice of the Habits of the jackdaw. By CHARLES WATERTON, Esq. Sir, Though the
jackdaw makes use of the same kind of materials for building as those which ..."
6. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1851)
"THE jackdaw is found in Europe, Asia, and the north of Africa; occurring in Germany,
... Meyer says "We knew a jackdaw that used to enter a bed-room window, ..."
7. Two-book Course in English by Mary Frances Hyde (1900)
"The jackdaw, knowing his own ugliness, yet wishing to make himself as attractive as
... When the appointed day arrived, the jackdaw came with the others, ..."
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