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Definition of Carrion crow

1. Noun. American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Carrion Crow

carrier pigeon carrier protein carrier proteins carrier screening carrier state carrier strain carrier test carrier wave carries Carrington's disease

carriole carrioles carrion Carrion's disease carrions carrion crow (current term) carrion flower carrion fungus carritch carritches

carrizo carroch carroches Carroll carrom carromed carroming carroms carronade carronades

Literary usage of Carrion crow

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1. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories: A by Robert Ford (1904)
"Of meaner antiquity, perhaps, but no less a favourite with the young, is the amusing ditty of THE carrion crow. A carrion crow sat on an oak, Fol de riddle, ..."

2. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1840)
"... the iris yellowish, the feet flesh-coloured. The plumage is nearly of the same colour as in the adult. BLACK VULTURE, OR carrion crow. ..."

3. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young (1910)
"SONG Old Adam, the carrion crow, (1850) The old crow of Cairo; He sat in the shower, and let it flow Under his tail and over his crest ; And through every ..."

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