Complete Definition of "jackdaw"

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Etymology
Compound of jack and daw. The former element may refer either to its characteristic call, often represented as tchak-tchak, or to the name Jack. The latter, daw, means "jackdaw" in itself, from Old English *d�ƿe, and is cognate with Old High German t�ha, which through Middle High German t�hele became modern German Dohle

Pronunciation
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| /�ʤækd��/ || <tt>/"dZ{kdAU/</tt>
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| /�ʤæk�d�/ || <tt>/"dZ{k%dA/</tt>
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Hyphenation: jack·daw

Noun
jackdaw (plural: jackdaws)

  1. A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a daw.

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Translations
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Albanian: galë f
Basque: bele txiki
Belarusian: галка (ha�ka)
Bosnian: �avka#Bosnian|�avka f
Breton: kavan-tour
Bulgarian: �авка#Bulgarian|�авка (�avka)
Catalan: gralla
Croatian: �avka#Croatian|�avka f
Czech: kavka f
Danish: allike
Dutch: kauw m
Esperanto: monedo
Estonian: hakk
Faroese: rókur
Finnish: naakka
French: choucas m
Frisian: ka
Friulian: cornete, çore cenerine
Gallegan: gralla cereixeira
German: Dohle f
Greek, Ancient: κολοι�� (koloeos) m
Greek, Modern: κά�για (kárya)
Hungarian: csóka
Icelandic: dvergkráka f
Ido: chuvo
Irish: cág
Italian: taccola
Korean: ���� (galkkamagwi)
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Ladin: agacion, cornacia
Latin: monedula f
Latvian: kov�rnis
Lithuanian: kuosa
Lower Sorbian: kawka f
Low Saxon (�Low German�): Dohl f, Krickelkreih f
Macedonian: �авка#Macedonian|�авка (�avka) f
Maltese: �awla
Norwegian: kaie
Occitan: gralhon
Polish: kawka f
Portuguese: gralha de nuca cinzenta
Romanian: cioac� f
Romansh: tulaun (curnagl grisch)
Russian: галка (galka) f
Sami: toardnagájon
Sardinian: tàccula, carroga, carroghedda
Scottish: cathag
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �авка#Serbian|�авка f
:Roman: �avka#Serbian|�avka f, �av�e (dimunitive form)
Slovak: kavka f
Slovenian: kavka f
Spanish: grajilla f
Swedish: kaja
Turkish: küçük karga
Ukrainian: галка (halka) f
Upper Sorbian: kawka f
Welsh: jac-y-do, jac-do

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