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crow
Pronunciation: (krō), [key]—
n.
1. any of several large oscine birds of the genus
Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common
C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
2. any of several other birds of the family Corvidae.
3. any of various similar birds of other families.
4. (
cap.)
Astron.the constellation Corvus.
5. crowbar (def. 1).
6. as the crow flies, in a straight line; by the most direct route:
The next town is thirty miles from here, as the crow flies.
7. eat crow, Informal.to be forced to admit to having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic statement; suffer humiliation:
His prediction was completely wrong, and he had to eat crow.
8. have a crow to pick or pluck with someone, Midland and Southern U.S.to have a reason to disagree or argue with someone.
crow
Pronunciation: (krō), [key]
—v., crowed or, for 1, (esp. Brit.), crew; crowed; crow•ing;
—n.
—
v.i.
1. to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
2. to gloat, boast, or exult (often fol. by
over).
3. to utter an inarticulate cry of pleasure, as an infant does.
—
n.
1. the characteristic cry of a rooster.
2. an inarticulate cry of pleasure.
Crow
Pronunciation: (krō), [key]—
n.
1. a member of a Siouan people of eastern Montana.
2. a Siouan language closely related to Hidatsa.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
