Definition of "jackdaw" []

• A Eurasian bird (Corvus monedula) related to and resembling the crows, having black plumage with a gray nape and underparts. (noun)

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• "Are you so weak in natural history or have you forgotten that the jackdaw is a most respectable family bird!"
• "Are you so weak in natural history, or have you forgotten that the jackdaw is a most respectable family bird?"
• "It proved to be a kind of jackdaw, of huge stature, which scuttled out of the opening, and disappeared into the summit of Will Tree."