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carrion crow
carrion crow
noun
- a common predatory and scavenging European crow, Corvus corone, similar to the rook but having a pure black bill See also hooded crow
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carrion crow1
First recorded in 1520–30
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Example Sentences
That is, the fury of war and carnage which appeared in the form of a carrion crow.
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By accident he had become possessed of a carrion crow, sold to him as a young raven taken from a nest at Ely.
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The larger birds are the wood-pigeon, moorhen, dabchick, and to these the carrion crow may now be added as a breeding species.
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The - 235 - large birds commonly seen are the rook, carrion crow, daw, and wood-pigeon.
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This colony may have sprung from a bird hatched and reared in the nest of a carrion crow or magpie.
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