carrion crow

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carrion crow

A common European crow (Corvus corone) having glossy black plumage.

carrion crow

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a common predatory and scavenging European crow, Corvus corone, similar to the rook but having a pure black bill See also hooded crow

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carrion crow - American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard

black vulture, Coragyps atratus

cathartid, New World vulture - large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures

Coragyps, genus Coragyps - a genus of Cathartidae

Translations

carrion crow

n → Rabenkrähe f

carrion crow n → cornacchia nera

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