red-legged crow

2 definitions found

red-legged crow - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Crow \Crow\, n. [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D.
     kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from
     its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. (Zool.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus,
        having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It
        has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is Corvus corone
           . The common American crow is Corvus Americanus
           . See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under
           Carrion.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron
        used as a lever; a crowbar.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight
              Unto my cell.                         --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Carrion crow. See under Carrion.
  
     Crow blackbird (Zool.), an American bird (Quiscalus  quiscula
        ); -- called also purple grackle.
  
     Crow pheasant (Zool.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal.
        It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.
        
  
     Crow shrike (Zool.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina,
        Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.
  
     Red-legged crow. See Crough.
  
     As the crow flies, in a direct line.
  
     To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a
        difference or grievance (with any one).
        [1913 Webster]

  Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS.
     ce['o]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[=a]ha; perh. akin to E.
     caw. [root]22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zool.)
     A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It
     is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and
     red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard,
     Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied
     to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red
        feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.
        [1913 Webster]