crow 1 
(krō)
(krō)n.
Idiom: 1. Any of several large glossy black birds of the genus Corvus, having a characteristic raucous call, especially C. brachyrhynchos of North America.
2. A crowbar.
as the crow flies
In a straight line.
[Middle English croue, from Old English crāwe; see gerə-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from the resemblance of its forked end to a crow's foot or beak.]
- Indo-European root: leudh-
- Indo-European root: leugh-
- Indo-European root: leuk-
- Indo-European root: leu(ə)-
- Indo-European root: lē-
- Indo-European root: līk-
- Indo-European root: lī̆no-
- Indo-European root: lūs-
- Indo-European root: mag-
- Indo-European root: magh-
- Indo-European root: maghu-
- Indo-European root: man-
- Indo-European root: man-
- Indo-European root: marko-
- Indo-European root: me-
- Indo-European root: me-
- Indo-European root: med-
- Indo-European root: medhu-
- Indo-European root: medhyo-
- Indo-European root: meg-
- Indo-European root: mei-
- Indo-European root: mei-
- Indo-European root: meigh-
- Indo-European root: meik-
- Indo-European root: mei-no-