crow1

noun

• 1a large perching bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice.

  • Genus Corvus, family Corvidae (the crow family): several species, including the American crow (C. brachyrhynchos) and the carrion crow (C. corone). The crow family also includes the ravens, jays, magpies, choughs, and nutcrackers

• 2 derogatory a woman, especially an old or ugly one.

• 3 (the Crow) the constellation Corvus.