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# jackdaw

«jackdaw» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small black and grey bird of the crow family that likes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (jackdaws)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jackdaw» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jackdaw/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.