"water crow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water crows [plural]
Etymology: So called in allusion to its dark plumage. Head templates: {{en-noun}} water crow (plural water crows)
  1. The dipper (bird).
    Sense id: en-water_crow-en-noun-L-VgNyup
  2. The European coot. Categories (lifeform): Perching birds, Rallids
    Sense id: en-water_crow-en-noun-kUrZNDx1 Disambiguation of Perching birds: 20 80 Disambiguation of Rallids: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 85

Inflected forms

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