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Definition: Jackdaw |
JackdawNoun1. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jackdaw" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To see a jackdaw, denotes ill health and quarrels. To catch one, you will outwit enemies. To kill one, you will come into possession of disputed property. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) is one of the smallest species in the genus of crows and ravens. Most of the plumage is black or grayish black except for the cheeks, nape and neck which are light grey to grayish silver. The iris is grayish white or silvery white, thus it is the only member of the genus outside of the Australasian region to have this feature. Sociable, moving around in either pairs (male and female), or in larger groups though the pairs of birds stay together within the flocks.
Jackdaw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus: Corvus Species: monedula Binomial name Corvus monedula Range: A very large area stretching from North West Africa through virtually all of Europe, Iran, Northwest India and Siberia. Inhabits wooded steppes, intermittent woodland, cultivated land, pasture, coastal cliffs and villages and towns.
Food: Food mostly taken from the ground but does take some food in trees. Insects and other invertebrates, weed seeds and grain, scraps of human food in towns, stranded fish on the shore, and will more readily take food from bird tables than other corvus species.
Nest: Usually nests in colonies in cavities of trees, cliffs or ruined buildings and sometimes even in dense conifers. Eggs, normally 4-5, incubated over 17-18 days and fledged after 30-35 days.
Voice: The commonest is the well known tchak-tchak call.
- A detailed description of the Jackdaw's social behaviour has been described in Konrad Lorenz's book King Solomon's ring
External link
- Picture of a Jackdaw
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Synonym: JackdawSynonym: daw (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bungler | Land lubber; fresh water sailor, fair weather sailor; horse marine; fish out of water, ass in lion's skin,land lubber; fresh water sailor, fair weather sailor; horse marine; fish out of water, ass in lion's skin, jackdaw in peacock's feathers; quack; (deceiver); lord of misrule. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Jackdaw |
| English words defined with "jackdaw": Caddow, Corvidae ♦ family Corvidae ♦ Kadder. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "jackdaw": Corneille d'Esope. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "jackdaw": magpie. (references) |
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| "Jackdaw" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.76% of the time. "Jackdaw" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 75.76% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (proper) | 24.24% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 33 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "jackdaw": jackdaw in peacock's feathers. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jackdaw | 11 |
jackdaw publication | 2 |
bird jackdaw | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "jackdaw"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | stërqorkë, galë (Daw). (various references) | |
Arabic | الزاغ الزرعي غراب الزيتون. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чавка (Daw), гарга. (various references) | |
Czech | kavka. (various references) | |
Danish | allike. (various references) | |
Dutch | kerkauwtje, kauw. (various references) | |
Farsi | کلاغ پیشه , زاغی . (various references) | |
Finnish | naakka (daw). (various references) | |
French | choucas des tours, choucas. (various references) | |
German | dohle (daw). (various references) | |
Greek | κάργα (full to overfilling). (various references) | |
Hebrew | קאק. (various references) | |
Hungarian | csóka (Daw, grackle). (various references) | |
Irish | cág. (various references) | |
Italian | taccola. (various references) | |
Manx | caaig doo-chassagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ackdawjay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gralha de nuca cinzenta, gralha (daw, rook), ave semelhante ao corvo. (various references) | |
Romanian | ceucã. (various references) | |
Russian | галка (daw, jackdraw). (various references) | |
Scottish | cadhag (a wedge). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | torokuša (tabby, talkative), čavka (daw, jay). (various references) | |
Spanish | grajilla (Daw). (various references) | |
Swedish | kaja (Daw, jackdraw), alika. (various references) | |
Turkish | küçük karga (Daw). (various references) | |
Turkmen | zakyja. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | галка. (various references) | |
Welsh | jac-y-do, cawci. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Corvus monedula, graculus, RM:tulaun. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jackdaw": jackdaws. (additional references) | |
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"Jackdaw" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gaekwad, Jacada, jackdawn, jackdow, Jakdo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-j-k-w" | |
-3 letters: dawk, jack, wack. | |
-4 letters: awa, cad, caw, dak, daw, jaw, wad. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, aw, ka. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-j-k-w" | |
+1 letter: jackdaws. | |
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