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Meanings of carrion crow in English

American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard.

Synonyms
Examples for "black vulture"
Examples for "black vulture"
1
The other two-theblack vulture and the turkey-buzzard-aremonopolistsin their peculiar line.
Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885
2
The turkey-buzzard is, upon the whole, a nobler bird than the black vulture.
The Boy Hunters
3
A dead cayman floated down-stream, with a black vulture devouring it.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
4
So, too, will the black vulture, but not so frequently.
The Boy Hunters
5
The bird is a black vulture- azopiloté
The Lone Ranche
Usage of carrion crow in English
1
Jeffrey, set those carrion crow in front of you, and watch them well.
The Lady of Blossholme
2
But you do occasionally find a carrion crow among the eagles.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
3
The carrion crow leapt into the air, then flew up into the pines.
Chaosbound
4
A carrion crow flew to a rock between us and the water's edge.
The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands
5
It was a haunt of the cuckoo and peewit, the bunting and carrion crow.
The Spinners
6
Fate, ashen grey and black, like a carrion crow, had her in its shadow.
The Trespasser
7
In a time when Bananach-thecarrion crow, the bringer of war-grewstronger, leashes were dangerous.
Radiant Shadows
8
Whatever their appetite may be, they dare not for the carrion crow approach any carcass.
The History of Louisiana, Or of the Western Parts of Virginia an...
9
The carrion crow flapped back, with a croak, and dropped on the horse's skull again.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
10
In the center of the carnage, Bananach stood like the gleeful carrion crow she was.
Fragile Eternity
11
Pouncing upon young flesh like a carrion crow-'tisa vile thing in a old man.'
The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters
12
Like a carrion crow, Bolitho thought.
Colors Aloft!
13
She's the carrion crow, my Queen.
Fragile Eternity
14
He is a carrion crow, and though you see not well what he hovers for, there is death somewhere.
Essays — First Series
15
The hawk follows the badger, the coyote the carrion crow, and from their aerial stations the buzzards watch each other.
The Land of Little Rain
16
Suddenly the carrion crow felt a cool touch, a wind that hinted at winter, and looked up in alarm, ruffling her feathers.
Chaosbound