Dictionary entries for 'crow'

Synonyms

crow¹ (krō)

[Middle English croue, from Old English crāwe, Sense 2, from the resemblance of its forked end to a crow's foot or beak.]

noun

Any of several large glossy black birds of the genus Corvus, having a characteristic raucous call, especially C. brachyrhynchos of North America.
A crowbar.

crow² (krō)

[Middle English crouen, from Old English crāwan.]

To utter the shrill cry characteristic of a cock or rooster.
To exult loudly, as over another's defeat; boast. See synonyms at boast¹
To make a sound expressive of pleasure or well-being, characteristic of an infant.

Crow¹ (krō)

1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting an area of the northern Great Plains between the Platte and Yellowstone rivers, now located in southeast Montana. The Crow became nomadic buffalo hunters after migrating west from the Missouri River in North Dakota in the 18th century.
2. A member of this people.
The Siouan language of the Crow.

Crow² (krō)

Cor·vus (kôŕvəs)

[Latin corvus, raven.]

A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Crater and Virgo. Also called Crow²