Daw vs. Jackdaw — What's the Difference?

A jackdaw.

Either of two small corvids (Corvus monedula or C. dauricus) of Eurasia and North Africa, having black and gray or black and white plumage.

A western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.

A European bird (Coloeus monedula) of the crow family, often nesting in church towers and ruins.

(obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton; fool.

A Daurian jackdaw, a closely related Asian bird (Coloeus dauuricus).

To dawn.

Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery

(obsolete) To wake (someone) up.

(obsolete) To daunt; to terrify.

A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.

To dawn.

To rouse.

To daunt; to terrify.

Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery