Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting an area of the northern Great Plains between the Platte and Yellowstone Rivers, now located in southeast Montana. The Crow became nomadic buffalo hunters after migrating west from the Missouri River in North Dakota in the 18th century.
- noun The Siouan language of the Crow.
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- proper noun A
surname . - proper noun A
Native American tribe. - proper noun The
Siouan language of this tribe.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term Crow Jane shows up in dozens of blues songs referring to dark women.
Expecting Rain 2009
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Everybody was so stressed about the test that even the class cutupsDillon, the Yurtmeister, and Billy T.couldnt manage their favorite imitation of what they called the Crow Brow Bounce.
Freaked Out Annie Bryant 2009
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Everybody was so stressed about the test that even the class cutupsDillon, the Yurtmeister, and Billy T.couldnt manage their favorite imitation of what they called the Crow Brow Bounce.
Freaked Out Annie Bryant 2009
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Recalling both the magical imagination of Richard Adamss Watership Down and the spiritual richness of Anita Diamants The Red Tent, Song of the Crow is a soaring debut.
Song of the Crow: Summary and book reviews of Song of the Crow by Layne Maheu. 2006
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A cross between the Magical Realism of Garcia Marquez, Ted Hughes, and Roger Tory Petersen, Song of the Crow is an astounding first novel.
Song of the Crow: Summary and book reviews of Song of the Crow by Layne Maheu. 2006
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Crow is on the road promoting the CD "100 Miles From Memphis," a tribute to the soul stylings of '60s and' 70s pop.
Sheryl Crow at Strathmore Dave McKenna 2010
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The director revealed that The Crow is moving towards a greenlight from Relativity Media, the studio developing the flick.
Director Stephen Norrington Provides Updates on His Version of THE CROW – Collider.com 2010
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Well, seven albums and nine Grammys later, Crow is back with her new album, "100 Miles From Memphis."
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Crow is able to break down the wall that Jenna has built around her emotions, and she surprises herself by telling him things she hasn't told anyone else.
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In his first two starts this season, Crow is 2-0 with 11 shutout innings for the American Association Fort Worth Cats.
Nationals have an ace up their sleeve in the draft: Strasburg 2009
prrmod commented on the word Crow
The bird who lays eggs on other's nests
June 5, 2013
qroqqa commented on the word Crow
It is aided in this deception by being a master of disguise. The crow appears as a small, nondescript bird who passes unnoticed as it cases other birds' nests, selects a suitable one, and goes into labour, spurning epidurals and the machine that goes ping! in favour of a low-key delivery of its eggs, which typically come in clutches of six to eight. The gentes or tribes of crow are classified by the pattern of their egg: paisley, batik, or piñata.
One crow in San Diego Zoo passed the last twelve years of its life as a peacock, and the deception was only discovered on autopsy.
June 6, 2013