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Definition jackdaw

Etymology

Compound of jack +‎ daw. The first element, also present in Low German (North Saxon) Jöker (“jackdaw”), may refer either to its characteristic call, often represented as tchak-tchak, or to the name Jack. The second element means “jackdaw” in itself, from Old English d?we, from Proto-Germanic *d?h?, from Proto-Indo-European *d??k- (“a daw, starling, thrush, similar birds”). Cognate with Old Prussian doacke (“starling”), Latin faccil?re (“the sound or timbre of the thrush”), and German Dohle (“jackdaw”).

Noun

jackdaw (plural jackdaws)

1. A European bird of the crow family (Coloeus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins.
2. A Daurian jackdaw, a closely related Asian bird (Coloeus dauuricus).

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