crow

(vertebrate zoology) The common name for a number of predominantly black birds in the genus Corvus comprising the most advanced members of the family Corvidae.

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Carrion crow (Corvus corone corone). (credit: Eric Hosking)

Any of more than 20 species of black perching birds (see passerine) of the genus Corvus (family Corvidae) that are smaller than most ravens and have a thinner bill. They are named for the sound of their call. Common crows are found in North America and Eurasia. They eat grain, berries, insects, carrion, and the eggs of other birds. Crows may damage grain crops, but they also eat many economically harmful insects. At times tens of thousands roost together, but most species do not nest in colonies. Crows are considered the most intelligent of all birds (tool use is documented), and pet crows can be taught to imitate speech.

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verb

1. To talk with excessive pride: boast, brag, gasconade, rodomontade, vaunt. Informal blow. See praise/blame.
2. To feel or express an uplifting joy over a success or victory: exult, glory, jubilate, triumph. See happy/unhappy.

Idioms beginning with crow:
crow over

In addition to the idiom beginning with crow, also see as the crow flies; eat crow.

Generally regarded as unlucky, and as omens of death, especially if they croak persistently near a house, or fly low over its roof. Occasionally, the number of crows seen at once is important, as with magpies; in Leeds in the 1860s it was said ‘When one crow is seen, it is a sign of bad luck; two, of good luck; three, of death; and four, of a wedding’ (Opie and Tatem, 1989: 111; Roud, 2003: 127).

The several species of the large, raucous bird with glossy black plumage (genus Corvus) are often cited in Celtic narratives and usually have associations with war and death. The hooded or grey crow (genus Corvus cornex), carrion crow (Corvus corone), rook (Corvus frugilegus), and raven (genus Corvus corax) are not always perceived separately. Several figures take the form of the crow, including the Irish goddesses Badb, Mórrígan, and Macha. When she perches on the shoulder of the dying Cúchulainn, Mórrígan takes the form of a hooded crow. The crow-goddess Cathubodua was an ancient Continental patroness of battle. Cornu, a great black bird that may or may not have been a crow, was sent to St Patrick's Purgatory. The Welsh Brân means crow; the Irish Fuinche means scald-crow, Morfran means great crow. The killing of a crow in winter, the spilling of blood on the snow, introduces the black-white-red motif that sends such lovers as Peredur and Conchobar on their quests. Modern Irish for crow is préachán or feannóg; hooded crow, feannóg dubh. Scottish Gaelic for crow is feannag; Manx craue, fannag; Welsh brân Cornish brān, cana; Breton kavan.

The cawing of a crow is said to be an omen of evil. Another superstition claims that if a crow croaks an odd number of times, the weather will be bad; if even, the weather will be fine. In general, the crow has been considered a messenger of death since ancient times.

A bird in the genus corvus.

• c. pick — predatory gouging of eyes and other soft tissues from sick or weak lambs by crows. Wounds often infected with gas gangrene organisms.

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Contents 1 Birds 2 Butterflies 3 Other 4 People 5 Music 6 Entertainment 7 Acronyms 8 See also

Crow may refer to:

Birds

• Crow, species of birds of the genus Corvus, includes jackdaws, rooks and ravens.

Butterflies

• Milkweed butterfly genus Euploea

Other

• Corvus (astronomy), the constellation that represents a crow
• Crow (poetry), the literary work by Ted Hughes
• Crow, one of the steam South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives, Raven class
• The Crow and the Pitcher, a fable ascribed to Aesop
• Crow, Texas
• Crow, the puppet of the Naruto character, Kankuro
• Crow, a type of hat
• Little Crow Foods
• Adelaide Crows, an Australian rules football team
• Crows (candy), licorice candy
• "Crows," a nickname given to brothers of the Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity
• Black Crow (automobile), an American automobile manufactured from 1909-1911.
• Eating crow, an idomatic expression meaning humiliation by admitting wrongness.

People

• Crow Nation, a Native American tribe
• Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Lakota musician, activist, and actor
• Franklin C. Crow, American computer scientist and author
• Little Crow, (1810-1863), Santee Sioux leader also known as Taoyateduta
• Mary Crow Dog, Lakota Sioux writer and activist
• Richard Crow (or simply "CROW"), English installation artist and musician, creator of The Institution of Rot
• Crow (surname), people with the surname Crow
• "Crow", nickname for Marc Crawford, head coach of the Vancouver Canucks

Music

• "Black Crow", a Joni Mitchell song on her Hejira (album) album
• The Crows, an influential doo wop group
• Counting Crows, a rock band
• Sheryl Crow, a country music singer
• Crow (band), a Minneapolis-based rock band of the late 1960s and early 1970s
• Crow, the former name of the Japanese visual kei band Kagrra
• Crow (Australian band), an alternative band of the 1990s
• The Black Crowes, a blues-oriented hard rock jam band
• "Black Crow", a song on the album of Jamiroquai's A Funk Oddysey

Entertainment

• Crow Hogan, a character from the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.
• Goh "The Crow" is a treacherous Asuka Clan ninja featured in the PlayStation 2 video game Shinobido
• Crow, a character from the adventure game The Longest Journey, and its sequel, Dreamfall
• Two Black Crows, a long-running minstrel sketch comedy series by Moran and Mack, American vaudeville comedians of the 1920s
• Crows, or Wrony, the title of a 1994 film by director Dorota Kędzierzawska
• Crow T. Robot, one of the robot characters in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television series
• Black Crow (comics), a character who has appeared several times in Spider-Man comic books
• The Crow, a comic book by James O'Barr
• The Crow (1919 film), a 1919 Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason
• The Crow (1994 film), a 1994 film and the first of several film adaptations of the above comic book, starring Brandon Lee
• The Crow (character), character of the comics and the 1994 film
• The Crow (novel), character of the comics and the 1994 film
• The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, 1998 Canadian television series
• Heckle and Jeckle, animated characters, who are actually magpies.
• One of Kankuro's Puppets in the anime Naruto

Acronyms

• Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguide
• Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, a UK Act of Parliament which granted right of access to certain areas of countryside
• CROWS, Common Remotely Operated Weapon System, on HMMWV

See also

• Crowe (disambiguation)
• Jim Crow (disambiguation)
• Crow's Foot (disambiguation)
• Crowbar (disambiguation)

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - krage, ravn, kælling

idioms:

• as the crow flies    i fugleflugtslinje
• crow's feet    smilerynker
• crow's nest    udkigstønde, navigationsrum i formasten

2.
v. intr. - gale, juble, hovere
n. - hanegal, jubelskrig

1.
n. - crowindianer, crowsprog
adj. - crowindiansk

2.
n. - stjernebilledet Corvus

Nederlands (Dutch)
(ge)kraai, zwartrok, oud/lelijk wijf, voetangel, jubelkreet, kraaien, jubelen over andermans leed, opscheppen

Français (French)
1.
n. - corbeau, corneille

idioms:

• as the crow flies    à vol d'oiseau
• crow's feet    patte d'oie
• crow's nest    nid de corneilles

2.
v. intr. - exulter, gazouiller (bébé), chanter (coq)
n. - chant du coq, gazouillis (d'un bébé)

1.
n. - (US) Sioux (Est du Montana), (Ling) sioux (Est du Montana)
adj. - des Indiens (de l'Est du Montana)

2.
n. - constellation, Corvus

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Krähe, Luftlinie

idioms:

• as the crow flies    in der Luftlinie
• crow's feet    Krähenfüsse
• crow's nest    Krähennest

2.
v. - krähen, frohlocken über
n. - Krähen

1.
n. - Krähenindianer, Crow
adj. - Crow..

2.
n. - (Astr) Rabe (südl. Sternbild)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κρωγμός, λάλημα (πετεινού), (ορνιθ.) κουρούνα, κορώνη, χαρούμενη κραυγή, (μηχαν.) λοστάρι, ασχημόγρια
v. - κράζω, κρώζω, (για πετεινούς) λαλώ, (μτφ.) θριαμβολογώ

idioms:

• as the crow flies    σε ευθεία γραμμή, με ευθεία κίνηση ή πτήση
• crow's feet    (μτφ.) ρυτίδες στην άκρη των ματιών
• crow's nest    (ναυτ.) κόφα, παρατηρητήριο στο κατάρτι σκάφους

Italiano (Italian)
gracchiare, fare gridolini di gioia, corvo

idioms:

• as the crow flies    in linea d'aria
• crow's feet    zampe di gallina
• crow's nest    coffa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - corno (m), cacarejo (m) de galo, pé-de-cabra (m) (Mús.)
v. - cantar (de alegria), vangloriar-se

idioms:

• as the crow flies    em linha reta
• crow's feet    pés (m pl) de galinha
• crow's nest    atalaia (f), vigia (f) (em local elevado)

Русский (Russian)
кукарекать, радостно вскрикивать, ворона

idioms:

• as the crow flies    по прямой
• crow's feet    морщинки в уголках глаз
• crow's nest    наблюдательный пункт на вышке

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - corneja, cuervo, grajo

idioms:

• as the crow flies    en línea recta
• crow's feet    pata de gallo, abrojo
• crow's nest    torre de vigía, atalaya

2.
v. intr. - cantar, cacarear, balbucear
n. - corneja, cuervo, grajo

1.
n. - tribu india del este de Montana, lenguaje de la tribu crow
adj. - relativo a los indios crow

2.
n. - constelación del Cuervo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kråka, kofot, galande, joller
v. - gala, jollra, jubla högt, stoltsera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 鸦, 乌鸦, 乌鸦座, 撬棍

idioms:

• as the crow flies    笔直地
• crow's feet    眼角皱纹, 眼角鱼尾纹
• crow's nest    守望楼, 岗亭

2. 啼, 报晓, 欢呼, 欢叫, 发格格声, 得意扬扬, 幸灾乐祸, 啼叫声, 报晓声, 欢呼声, 欢叫声

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 啼, 報曉, 歡呼, 歡叫, 發格格聲, 得意揚揚, 幸災樂禍
n. - 啼叫聲, 報曉聲, 歡呼聲, 歡叫聲

2.
n. - 鴉, 烏鴉, 烏鴉座, 撬棍

idioms:

• as the crow flies    筆直地
• crow's feet    眼角皺紋, 眼角魚尾紋
• crow's nest    守望樓, 崗亭

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 까마귀, 흑인, 기장의 독수리표

idioms:

• as the crow flies    일직선으로

2.
v. intr. - 수탉이 울다, 의기양양해지다
n. - 수탉의 울음소리, 아기의 까르륵 거리는 웃음

1.
n. - 크로 사람 (아메리카 원주민의 한 종족), 크로 말
adj. - 크로 사람의

2.
n. - 까마귀 자리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 雄鶏の鳴き声, 喜びの声, カラス, からす座, クロー語, クロー族, 烏
v. - 鳴く, 歓声を上げる, 声をあげる

idioms:

• as the crow flies    直線距離にして

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غراب (فعل) صاح كالغراب, شمت, ابتهج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עורב, קריאת תרנגול, אישה בייחוד זקנה ומכוערת (מדוברת)‬
v. intr. - ‮התרברב, קרקר, קרא, קרא קריאת שמחה (תינוק), הביע סיפוק‬
n. - ‮קריאת שמחה של תינוק, מוט-הרמה‬
n. - ‮שפת הסיו, בן שבט הסיו בצפון המערב התיכון של ארה"ב‬
adj. - ‮של שבט הסיו‬
n. - ‮קבוצת כוכבים, אחד משנים-עשר המזלות‬

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