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jackdaw: synonyms: daw, Corvus monedula ???

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Definition:

A small black Eurasian bird related to the crow.

^{image: by Maxwell Hamilton under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.}
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^{sound file: Veljo Runnel under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.}
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Jamie told me that we were alone, because of the constant birdsong all around. If anyone came near, most birds would stop singing, though the jays and the jackdaws would screech and call in alarm.

Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)

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The soldier they called “Jackdaw,” a thin little fellow with a sharp nose,

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace

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they would approach as near as they durst, and imitate my actions after the manner of monkeys, but ever with great signs of hatred; as a tame jackdaw with cap and stockings is always persecuted by the wild ones, when he happens to be got among them.

Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)

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MAM. The whole nest are fled!

LOVE. What sort of birds were they?

MAM. A kind of choughs,

Or thievish daws, sir, that have pick'd my purse

Of eight score and ten pounds within these five weeks,

Ben Jonson. The Alchemist (1610)