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jackdaw definition

jack·daw (-dô′)

noun

  1. a small European crow (Corvus monedula) with a gray nape
  2. any of various birds, as a large-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

Etymology: jack- + daw

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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