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Meanings of corvus monedula in English

Portuguese
gralha-de-nuca-cinzenta
Catalan
gralla
Spanish
corvus monedula

Common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery.

gralha-de-nuca-cinzenta
Synonyms
Examples for "jackdaw"
Examples for "jackdaw"
1
As Kauc, the crow, was saying to Cloctaw, the jackdaw, this morning--
Wood Magic: A Fable
2
So did Evelyn think, and her eyes followed Sister Mary John's jackdaw.
Sister Teresa
3
The old birds were screeching loudly, and trying to drive the jackdaw away.
The Life of the Fields
4
I watched as a jackdaw hopped across the garden this morning.
The Irish Times
5
You can see part of an upstairs room there, by the jackdaw tower.
Five on a treasure island
1
He was represented, in a hundred pamphlets, as the daw in borrowed plumes.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
2
A daw of the people, she had tried to peacock it among the gentry.
The Mountebank
3
Its invasion was not nearly as shy as the dawn's.
Sins of the Fathers
4
No darkness, no tempest, no gloom, long confused his vision of 'the ideal dawn'.
Life of Robert Browning
5
The dawn's new light fell across the Paladin as he climbed back astride his charger.
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Translations for corvus monedula
Catalan
gralla