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The house crow (Corvus splendens), also known as the Indian, greynecked, Ceylon or Colombo crow, [2] is a common bird of the crow family that is of Asian origin but now found in many parts of the world, where they arrived assisted by shipping.
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. [1] [2] [3] In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids.
A carrion crow scavenging on a beach in Dorset, England. A crow (pronounced / ˈ k r oʊ /) is a bird of the genus Corvus, or more broadly, a synonym for all of Corvus.The word "crow" is used as part of the common name of many species.
One person's triangle might symbolize a teepee, a spear head to a different individual or a range of mountains to yet another. Regardless of the individual significance of each piece, the Crow People give reverence to the land and sky with the symbolic references found in the various colors and shapes found on their ornamental gear and even ...
A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. [1] The female form of the title, crown princess, is held by a woman who is heir apparent or is married to the heir apparent.
It may be of a single family or another type of person group. [1] ... A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that ...
Barrelman is in reference to a person who would be stationed in the barrel of the foremast or crow's nest of an oceangoing vessel as a navigational aid. In early ships the crow's nest was simply a barrel or a basket lashed to the tallest mast. Later it became a specially designed platform with protective railing.
A homewrecker (sometimes styled as home wrecker or home-wrecker) is a person, object or activity that causes or comes close to causing the breakup of a marriage (or similar partnership). The homewrecker is said to have taken one of the spouses away from the marriage, thus "wrecking" the marital home.