crow (noun)

  • 1Crow language — Crow Apsáalookanq̌i Spoken in USA Region Montana Native speakers 4,280  (date missing) Language family …

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  • 2crow — Ⅰ. crow [1] ► NOUN 1) a large perching bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice. 2) informal an old or ugly woman. ● as the crow flies Cf. ↑as the crow flies ORIGIN O …

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  • 3crow's-bill — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun (plural crow s bills) : coracoid process * * * crow sˈ bill or crowˈ bill noun (surgery) A kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc, from wounds • • • Main Entry: ↑crow * * * crow s bill …

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  • 4crow's feet — noun a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes • Syn: ↑crow s foot, ↑laugh line • Hypernyms: ↑wrinkle, ↑furrow, ↑crease, ↑crinkle, ↑seam, ↑line * …

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  • 5crow-shrike — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : any of several Australian butcher birds or currawongs (especially Cracticus nigrogularis, C. torquatus, or Strepera graculina) compare piping crow * * * crowˈ shrike noun A piping crow (see under ↑pipe1) • • • Main Entry: ↑crow …

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  • 6crow|foot — «KROH FUT», noun, plural foots for 1; feet for 2, 3, and 4. 1. a buttercup or other plant with deeply divided leaves shaped something like a crow s foot. 2. Nautical. an arrangement of small ropes of different lengths, used to suspend awnings or… …

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  • 7crow's-foot — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun (plural crow s feet) : something felt to resemble a crow s foot or the outline of a crow s footprint: as a. : a set of wrinkles around the outer corners of the eyes resulting from age, mental distress, or habitual squinting… …

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  • 8crow-quill — crowˈ quill noun A pen made of the quill of a crow, etc, for fine writing or etching • • • Main Entry: ↑crow …

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  • 9crow-bill — crow sˈ bill or crowˈ bill noun (surgery) A kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc, from wounds • • • Main Entry: ↑crow …

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  • 10Crow — noun (plural same or Crows) 1》 a member of an American Indian people inhabiting eastern Montana. 2》 the Siouan language of the Crow. Origin suggested by Fr. gens de corbeaux, translating Siouan apsáaloke crow people …

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