'Carrion crow' definitions:
Definition of 'carrion crow'
From: WordNet
noun
American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard [syn: black vulture, carrion crow, Coragyps atratus]
Definition of 'Carrion crow'
From: GCIDE
- Carrion \Car"ri*on\, a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. [1913 Webster]
- A prey for carrion kites. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Carrion beetle (Zool.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and {burying beetle}. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphid[ae].
- Carrion buzzard (Zool.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara.
- Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Carrion crow'
From: GCIDE
- Crow \Crow\, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Zool.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is {Corvus corone}. The common American crow is {Corvus Americanus}. See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under Carrion. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. [1913 Webster]
- Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers. [1913 Webster]
- Carrion crow. See under Carrion.
- Crow blackbird (Zool.), an American bird ({Quiscalus quiscula}); -- called also purple grackle.
- Crow pheasant (Zool.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.
- Crow shrike (Zool.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.
- Red-legged crow. See Crough.
- As the crow flies, in a direct line.
- To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one). [1913 Webster]