Corvus monedula : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Corvus monedula	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Corvus monedula
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Corvus monedula n common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery Synonym(s): jackdaw, daw, Corvus monedula
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Daw \Daw\ (d[add]), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t[be]ha, MHG. t[be]he, t[be]hele, G. dohle. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo[94]l.) A European bird of the Crow family ({Corvus monedula}), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws The whole assembly of his fellow daws. --Waller. Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- [bd]Then thou dwellest with daws too.[b8] (--Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) --Skeat.