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carrion crow

noun

  1. a European crow, Corvus corone, that feeds on carrion.


carrion crow

noun

  1. a common predatory and scavenging European crow, Corvus corone, similar to the rook but having a pure black bill See also hooded crow
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Origin of carrion crow1

First recorded in 1520–30
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Jiří HÅ™ebíÄek created an artistic image of a carrion crow by using a long shutter speed while moving his camera on purpose.

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Over the two years that followed, Mr. Hiemstra and his colleagues discovered several other nests, built by Eurasian magpies and carrion crows, that contained anti-bird spikes.

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The ancients here would usually be cremated or likely left in their version of a “sky burial,†for the carrion crows to pick clean, the bones collected later, or not.

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Two black carrion crows swooped down on the unprotected head of a woman passing by.

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They trained two lab-raised, 1-year-old carrion crows to move or stay still in response to a faint cue displayed on a monitor.

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