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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