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Meanings of true crows in English

Russian
вороны
Portuguese
nuno flores
Spanish
cuervo
Catalan
corvus
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Genus of birds.

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        вороны
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        Examples for "crow"
        Examples for "crow"
        1
        She'll crow for days about the fact that I finally needed it.
        James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
        2
        Male and female house crow look alike, although males are slightly larger.
        The Guardian
        3
        Fifteen miles as the crow flies is the usual limit of vision.
        Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
        4
        He had half the crow and hawk nests in the swamp located.
        Freckles
        5
        Off in the checkered shadows of the forest a crow cawed derisively.
        Diane of the Green Van
        1
        It's a short-billed snipe, a corvus, a real corvus.
        The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 05
        2
        I shot that bird to-day, I'll confess now, Frau Barbara; my corvus is a wretched crow.
        The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 05
        3
        It's a corvus, as I said.
        The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 05
        4
        To the inexpert they look like crows or rooks but they are not classed as a corvus in the books.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Joseph Feilds brought me today three eggs of the party coloured corvus, they are about the size and shape of those of the pigeon.
        The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
        1
        Then there are the birds in the fields-thelarks and the crows.
        Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
        2
        Outside in the garden the crows and squirrels were awake, and talkative.
        The Great Amulet
        3
        How the red squirrel tittered, hating both the owl and the crows.
        Children of the Wild
        4
        By the shores of the islands the crows came down for mussels.
        After London; Or, Wild England
        5
        But he kept hearing the crows, cawing and quarreling not far away.
        Lonesome dove
        1
        Yet these dark crows and ravens are a sign of God's anger.
        The buried giant
        2
        They did not flock in great numbers like crows and ravens.
        Servant of a dark god
        3
        And she called his uneasiness about crows and ravens superstition!
        Knife of dreams
        4
        Those dismal attendants of any battle, the crows and ravens, had arrived in their hundreds.
        Jonathan strange and mr norrell
        5
        Even clever crows and ravens are at least vertebrates.
        Wired
        Usage of true crows in English
        1
        This family, which is well represented in the Himalayas, includes the true crows, with their allies, the choughs, pies, jays, and tits.
        Birds of the Indian Hills
        Translations for true crows
        Catalan
        corvus