Jackdaw Definition

jăkdô
jackdaws
noun
jackdaws
A small European crow (Corvus monedula) with a gray nape.
Webster's New World
Any of various birds, as a large-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Corvus monedula
  • daw
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Other Word Forms of Jackdaw

Noun

Singular:
jackdaw
Plural:
jackdaws

Origin of Jackdaw

  • Compound of jack and daw The first element, also present in Low German Kajak, (North Saxon) Jöker "jackdaw", may refer either to its characteristic call, often represented as tchak-tchak, or to the name Jack. The second element means "jackdaw" in itself, from Old English dāƿe, and is cognate with German Dohle.

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Jackdaw Sentence Examples

  • Then soars prospecting and swoops on a young jackdaw, flies with it to a grassy diner top of the cliff.

  • Jac to Bach (The little jackdaw) promises a healthy future for roots music in Wales.

  • As the large jackdaw sized bird flew toward the pond I could make out its appearance as a Green Woodpecker.

  • Of birds very few are indigenous; the jackdaw, blue solitary thrush, spectacled warbler, the robin, kestrel and the herring-gull.

  • With birds and mammals, however, there is no doubt that complete albino individuals do occur; and among species which, like the jackdaw, certain deer and rabbits, are normally deeply pigmented.

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