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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A common Eurasian crow (Corvus corone) having glossy black plumage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common crow of Europe, Corvus corone: so called because it often feeds on carrion. See cut under
crow . - noun The urubu or black vulture of America, Catharista atrata, a common bird of the southern United States, resembling the turkey-buzzard, and feeding entirely upon carrion.
- noun The common crow of America, Corvus americanus.
- noun A name of the European rook, Corvus frugilegus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The common
European black crowCorvus corone . - noun The
American black vulture Coragyps atratus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
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