[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

daw \daw\ dadd, n. oe. dawe; akin to ohg. t=aha, mhg.
   t=ahe, t=ahele, g. dohle. cf. caddow. zool.
   a european bird of the crow family corvus monedula, often
   nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
   1913 webster

         the loud daw, his throat
         displaying, draws
         the whole assembly of his fellow daws.   --waller.
   1913 webster

   note: the daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a
         simpleton. see in shakespeare: -- "then thou dwellest
         with daws too." --coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47. --skeat.
         1913 webster
see also:
caddow corvus monedula 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

corvus monedula
     n : common black-and-gray eurasian bird noted for thievery syn:
          jackdaw, daw
see also:
jackdaw daw 

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