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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

jackdaw Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: A cliff on the way to the coast had about 100 Jackdaws clinging to it.
  • class: Only about one in a thousand large black corvids locally are Rooks, the rest are Crows with Jackdaws classed as small.
  • include: Moving round the area too, were many Corvids including eastern race jackdaws with pale collars.

Adjective modifier

  • young: Then soars prospecting and swoops on a young jackdaw, flies with it to a grassy diner top of the cliff.
  • usual: In winter I have seen flocks of fieldfare, redwing and mistle thrush plus the usual jackdaws, rooks, starlings and seasonal swallows.
  • little: Jac to Bach ( The little Jackdaw ) promises a healthy future for roots music in Wales.
  • noisy: Suddenly, the noisy jackdaws were on the wing again, this time mobbing a larger bird.
  • large: As the large Jackdaw sized bird flew toward the pond I could make out its appearance as a Green Woodpecker.

Modifies a noun

  • nest: Jackdaws nest in the quarry, together with kestrels and ravens.

Noun used with modifier

  • dozen: A flock of about a dozen Jackdaws foraged around the green mown grass of the Holmbush roundabout, northeast Shoreham.
  • resident: Who is lurking in the ruined tower, and why have the resident jackdaws been disturbed?

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