A bird of the crow family; formerly applied somewhat widely to all the smaller chattering species, but especially to the common Jackdaw.

A jackdaw. Cf. caddow, n.1

A jackdaw. Also figurative.

A jackdaw.

A small bird of the crow kind (Corvus monedula); now commonly called jackdaw, n.

Applied to other birds. The Jackdaw (apparently from a French mistransl. of κόλοιος or graculus in the fable of the jackdaw decked in peacock's…

A small Eurasian crow having chiefly black plumage with grey on the neck and underparts, Corvus monedula, nesting in chimneys, old buildings, etc…

= caddow, n.1 a jackdaw.

A plucked dove; (figurative) a tonsured priest.

Any of various birds. The jackdaw, Corvus monedula. Now rare.

A local name for various birds: (a) the cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo; (b) the pewit-gull, Larus ridibundus; (c) the chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus…