carrion crown.
a. A species of Crow ( Corvus Corone) smaller and more common than the Raven, and rather larger than the Rook, which feeds on carrion, small animals, poultry, etc. It is the ‘Crow’ of most parts of England, and the ‘Corbie’ of Scotland.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > genus Corvus > corvus corane (carrion crow)
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1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 225/2 We fare as doo the rauens and the carein crowes yt neuer medle with any quicke flesh.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 230 The carrion-crow resembles the raven..and..only differs in being..less favored by mankind.
a1811 J. Leyden Ld. Soulis xliii And they heard the cry, from the branches high, Of the hungry carrion crow.
b. Applied by Dampier, Sloane, etc., to a Vulture.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture
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1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 67 Carrion Crows are blackish Fowls, about the bigness of Ravens; they have bald Heads, and redish bald Necks like Turkeys; and..are often mistaken for such.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 67 Some of the Carrion Crows are all over white... The Logwood-Cutters call the white ones King Carrion Crows.
1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 183 The Carrion Vulture...Synonyms.–Vultur Aura. Linn... Carrion Crow. Sloane.
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