Meanings
nouncarrion crow (plural carrion crows)
plural carrion crows
- The common European black crow Corvus corone.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From its habit of feeding on carrion.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek δεδώνη
- δεδώνη (dedṓnē)Corvus corone
Basque belabeltz
- belabeltzCorvus corone
Bulgarian черна врана
- черна врана (černa vrana)Corvus corone
Catalan cornella negra
- cornella negraCorvus corone
Chinese Mandarin 小嘴乌鸦
- 小嘴乌鸦 (xiǎo zuǐ wūyā)Corvus corone
Czech vrána černá
- vrána černáCorvus corone
Danish sortkrage
- sortkrageCorvus corone
Dutch zwarte kraai
- zwarte kraaiCorvus corone
Esperanto nigra korniko
- nigra kornikoCorvus corone
Estonian mustvares
- mustvaresCorvus corone
Finnish nokivaris, mustakondori
- nokivarisCorvus corone
- mustakondoriCoragyps atratus
French corneille noire, carencro
- corneille noireCorvus corone
- carencroCoragyps atratus
German Rabenkrähe, Aaskrähe
- RabenkräheCorvus corone
- AaskräheCorvus corone
- RabengeierCoragyps atratus
Greek κουρούνα
- κουρούνα (kouroúna)Corvus corone
Hungarian kormos varjú
- kormos varjúCorvus corone
Irish caróg dhubh
- caróg dhubhCorvus corone
Italian cornacchia, urubù dalla testa nera
- cornacchiaCorvus corone
- urubù dalla testa neraCoragyps atratus
Japanese ハシボソガラス
- ハシボソガラス (hashibosogarasu)Corvus corone
Korean 송장까마귀
- 송장까마귀 (songjangkkamagwi)Corvus corone
Latvian melnā vārna
- melnā vārnaCorvus corone
Lithuanian juodoji varna
- juodoji varnaCorvus corone
Norwegian svartkråke
- svartkråkeCorvus corone
Polish czarnowron, wroniec
- czarnowronCorvus corone
- wroniecCorvus corone
- wrona czarnaCorvus corone
- sępnik czarnyCoragyps atratus
Portuguese gralha-preta, urubu-preto
- gralha-pretaCorvus corone
- urubu-pretoCoragyps atratus
Russian чёрная воро́на
- чёрная воро́на (čórnaja voróna)Corvus corone
Slovak vrana čierna
- vrana čiernaCorvus corone
Spanish corneja negra
- corneja negraCorvus corone
Swedish svartkråka
- svartkråkaCorvus corone
Tamil கரியன் காகம்
- கரியன் காகம் (kariyaṉ kākam)Corvus corone
Turkish leş kargası
- leş kargasıCorvus corone
Ukrainian воро́на чо́рна
- воро́на чо́рна (voróna čórna)Corvus corone
Welsh brân dyddyn, brân furgyn
- brân dyddynCorvus corone
- brân furgynCorvus corone
Cite this entry
APA
carrion crow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrion%20crow
MLA
“carrion crow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrion%20crow. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carrion crow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrion%20crow.
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