Phrase guide

carrion crow

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈkhɛːɹi.ən khɹoʊː/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The common European black crow Corvus corone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The American black vulture Coragyps atratus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: black vulture, Coragyps atratus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: New World vulture, cathartid

History

Etymology

From its habit of feeding on carrion.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ainu: シㇼパㇱクㇽ (sirpaskur) — Corvus corone
  • Armenian: մոխրագույն ագռավ (moxraguyn agṙav) — Corvus corone
  • Asturian: cuerva — Corvus corone
  • Asturian: glaya — Corvus corone
  • Avar: чӏегӏераб гъеду (čʼeʻerab ğedu) — Corvus corone
  • Basque: belabeltz — Corvus corone
  • Breton: bran zu — Corvus corone
  • Bulgarian: черна врана (černa vrana) — Corvus corone
  • Catalan: cornella negra — Corvus corone
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小嘴乌鸦 (xiǎo zuǐ wūyā) — Corvus corone
  • Czech: vrána černá — Corvus corone
  • Danish: sortkrage — Corvus corone
  • Dutch: zwarte kraai — Corvus corone
  • Emilian: curnàcia — Corvus corone
  • Esperanto: nigra korniko — Corvus corone
  • Estonian: mustvares — Corvus corone
  • Faroese: kráka — Corvus corone
  • Faroese: hjaltakráka — Corvus corone
  • Finnish: nokivaris — Corvus corone
  • French: corneille noire — Corvus corone
  • West-Frisian: swarte krie — Corvus corone
  • Galician: cornella — Corvus corone
  • Galician: corvo — Corvus corone
  • German: Rabenkrähe — Corvus corone
  • German: Aaskrähe — Corvus corone
  • Greek: κουρούνα (kouroúna) — Corvus corone
  • Ancient Greek: δεδώνη (dedṓnē) — Corvus corone
  • Hungarian: kormos varjú — Corvus corone
  • Ingush: iаьржа къайг (iärža qʼajg) — Corvus corone
  • Irish: caróg dhubh — Corvus corone
  • Italian: cornacchia — Corvus corone
  • Japanese: ハシボソガラス (hashibosogarasu) — Corvus corone
  • Kazakh: қара қарға (qara qarğa) — Corvus corone
  • Korean: 송장까마귀 (songjangkkamagwi) — Corvus corone
  • Latvian: melnā vārna — Corvus corone
  • Lithuanian: juodoji varna — Corvus corone
  • Norwegian: svartkråke — Corvus corone
  • Polish: czarnowron — Corvus corone
  • Polish: wroniec — Corvus corone
  • Polish: wrona czarna — Corvus corone
  • Portuguese: gralha-preta — Corvus corone
  • Russian: чёрная воро́на (čórnaja voróna) — Corvus corone
  • Scots: haver craw — Corvus corone
  • Slovak: vrana čierna — Corvus corone
  • Lower Sorbian: carna karwona — Corvus corone
  • Upper Sorbian: čorna wróna — Corvus corone
  • Spanish: corneja negra — Corvus corone
  • Swedish: svartkråka — Corvus corone
  • Tamil: கரியன் காகம் (kariyaṉ kākam) — Corvus corone
  • Turkish: leş kargası — Corvus corone
  • Ottoman Turkish: زاغ (zağ) — Corvus corone
  • Udmurt: сьӧд куака (śöd kuaka) — Corvus corone
  • Ukrainian: воро́на чо́рна (voróna čórna) — Corvus corone
  • Uzbek: qargʻa — Corvus corone
  • Venetan: cornàcia — Corvus corone
  • Veps: must variš — Corvus corone
  • Volapük: krov — Corvus corone
  • Welsh: brân dyddyn — Corvus corone
  • Welsh: brân furgyn — Corvus corone
  • West Flemish: zworte kroaie — Corvus corone
  • Finnish: mustakondori — Coragyps atratus
  • French: carencro — Coragyps atratus
  • German: Rabengeier — Coragyps atratus
  • Italian: urubù dalla testa nera — Coragyps atratus
  • Polish: sępnik czarny — Coragyps atratus
  • Portuguese: urubu-preto — Coragyps atratus