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crow (1)

crow [ krō ] (plural crows)


noun 
Definition:
 
large black bird: a large bird with shiny black feathers and a raucous cry, of a family whose members include rooks and ravens. Native to: found worldwide.  Genus Corvus.

[ Old English crāwe< Germanic]

as the crow flies in a straight line

eat crow to be forced to admit that you have been wrong or have been humiliatingly defeated (informal)

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