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Webster 1913 Edition

Jackdaw

Jack′dawˊ

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Noun.

[Prob. 2d

jack

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daw

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Noun.

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(Zool.)

See

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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Jackdaw

JACK'DAW

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Noun.

[jack and daw.] A fowl of the genus Corvus,thievish and mischievous to the farmer.

Definition 2025

jackdaw

jackdaw

English

Noun

jackdaw ‎(plural jackdaws)

A European bird of the crow family (Coloeus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins.
A Daurian jackdaw, a closely related Asian bird (Coloeus dauuricus).

Synonyms

(Coloeus monedula): daw, western jackdaw, Eurasian jackdaw, European jackdaw

Translations

Coloeus monedula

Albanian: galë (sq) f
Bashkir: сәүкә ‎(säwkä)
Basque: bele txiki
Belarusian: ка́ўка f ‎(káŭka), га́лка f ‎(hálka)
Breton: kavan-tour
Bulgarian: ча́вка (bg) f ‎(čávka)
Catalan: gralla (ca)
Chechen: човка ‎(čowka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寒鴉 (zh), 寒鸦 (zh) ‎(hányā)
Crimean Tatar: çavke
Czech: kavka (cs) f
Danish: allike (da) c
Dutch: kauw (nl) m
Esperanto: monedo
Estonian: hakk
Faroese: rókur m
Finnish: naakka (fi)
French: choucas (fr) m
Friulian: cornete, çore cenerine
Galician: gralla cereixeira
Georgian: ჭკა ‎(č̣ḳa)
German: Dohle (de) f
Greek: κάργια (el) ‎(kárgia), καρακάξα (el) f ‎(karakáxa), καλιακούδα (el) f ‎(kaliakoúda)
Ancient: κολοιός m ‎(koloiós)
Hebrew: קאק m ‎(ka'ák)
Hungarian: csóka (hu)
Icelandic: dvergkráka (is) f
Ido: chuvo (io)
Irish: cág m
Old Irish: caóc f
Italian: taccola (it)
Japanese: ニシコクマルガラス ‎(nishikokumarugarasu), コクマルガラス ‎(kokumarugarasu)

Korean: 갈까마귀 (ko) ‎(galkkamagwi)
Ladin: agacion, cornacia
Latgalian: čāguons m
Latin: monedula f
Latvian: kovārnis (lv)
Lithuanian: kuosa (lt)
Low German: Dohl f, Krickelkreih f
Luxembourgish: Steekueb m
Macedonian: чавка f ‎(čavka)
Maltese: ċawla f
Manchu: ᡨᠠᠩᡤᡡᡥᠠ ‎(tanggūha)
Manx: caaig doo-chassagh m
Northern Sami: toardnagájon
Norwegian: kaie (no)
Occitan: gralhon
Polish: kawka (pl) f
Portuguese: gralha de nuca cinzenta
Romanian: stăncuță (ro) f
Romansch: tulaun (curnagl grisch)
Russian: га́лка (ru) f ‎(gálka)
Sardinian: tàccula, carroga, carroghedda
Scottish Gaelic: cadhag f, cathag f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: чавка f, чавче f (diminutive form)

Roman: čavka (sh) f, čavče f (diminutive form)
Slovak: kavka f
Slovene: kavka (sl) f
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: kawka f

Upper Sorbian: kawka f
Spanish: grajilla (es) f
Swedish: kaja (sv)
Turkish: küçük karga (tr)
Ukrainian: га́лка (uk) f ‎(hálka)
Volapük: (♂♀ offspring) glügakrovül
Welsh: jac-y-do, jac-do
West Frisian: ka

Coloeus dauuricus — see Daurian jackdaw