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Definition of Carrion crow
1. Noun. American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard.
Generic synonyms: Cathartid, New World Vulture
Group relationships: Coragyps, Genus Coragyps
Definition of Carrion crow
1. Noun. The common European black crow ''Corvus corone''. ¹
2. Noun. The American black vulture ''Coragyps atratus''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carrion Crow
Literary usage of Carrion crow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories: A by Robert Ford (1904)
"Of meaner antiquity, perhaps, but no less a favourite with the young, is the
amusing ditty of THE carrion crow. A carrion crow sat on an oak, Fol de riddle, ..."
2. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"... the iris yellowish, the feet flesh-coloured. The plumage is nearly of the same
colour as in the adult. BLACK VULTURE, OR carrion crow. ..."
3. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young (1910)
"SONG Old Adam, the carrion crow, (1850) The old crow of Cairo; He sat in the
shower, and let it flow Under his tail and over his crest ; And through every ..."
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