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# jackdaw

noun (jackdaws)

«jackdaw» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A small black and grey bird of the crow family that likes shiny things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jackdaw/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fables the jackdaw is a vain bird who dresses in other birds' feathers

### Examples

- A jackdaw sat on the church roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jackdaw/#x1)
- The jackdaw stole the shiny spoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jackdaw/#x2)
- The vain jackdaw wore borrowed feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jackdaw/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jackdaw» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jackdaw/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jackdaw» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jackdaw.html) on Mova free.