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crow1

Pronunciation: /krəʊ/

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Definition of crow

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 carrion crow (C. corone) and the American crow (C. brachyrhynchos). The crow family also includes the ravens, jays, magpies, choughs, and nutcrackers.
  • 2 informal, derogatory an old or ugly woman: to my two sons I am still just the old crow

Phrases

as the crow flies

in a straight line:Easingwold was 22 miles away as the crow flies

eat crow

North American informal be humiliated by having to admit one’s defeats or mistakes: the so-called experts will be eating crow tonight

Origin:

Old English crāwe, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kraai and German Krähe, also to crow2

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