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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Corvus frugilegus (0.01864 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Corvus frugilegus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Corvus frugilegus
Corvus frugilegus
n : common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of
the American crow [syn:
rook]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Corvus frugilegus
Rook
\Rook\, n. [AS. hr[=o]c; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho,
Icel. hr[=o]kr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to
crow.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A European bird (
Corvus frugilegus)
resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple
and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the
region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin,
which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its
habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic
species.
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The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's
friend. --Pennant.
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2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
--Wycherley.
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