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Corvus monedula
(gcide) | Daw \Daw\ (d[add]), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t[=a]ha, MHG.
t[=a]he, t[=a]hele, G. dohle. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often
nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
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The loud daw, his throat
displaying, draws
The whole assembly of his fellow daws. --Waller.
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Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a
simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- "Then thou dwellest
with daws too." (--Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) --Skeat.
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corvus monedula
(wn) | Corvus monedula
n 1: common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
[syn: jackdaw, daw, Corvus monedula] |
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Corvus monedula
(gcide) | Daw \Daw\ (d[add]), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t[=a]ha, MHG.
t[=a]he, t[=a]hele, G. dohle. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often
nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
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The loud daw, his throat
displaying, draws
The whole assembly of his fellow daws. --Waller.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a
simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- "Then thou dwellest
with daws too." (--Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) --Skeat.
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