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单词 gabbling crow
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gabbling crow
gabbling crow n. Obsolete the Jamaican crow, Corvus jamaicensis, a small crow endemic to Jamaica which has greyish-black plumage and a wide range of vocalizations. [Compare earlier jabbering crow at jabber v. Derivatives.]
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1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 473 The gabbling Crow. They are..very noisy, and seem to imitate the sounds of most syllables in every language, in their gabblings.
1808 T. Coke Hist. W. Indies I. 391 The Gabbling Crow is a native of Jamaica, and very common in the inland parts.
1858 W. Thornbury Buccaneers i. 5 The pigeon moans in the inmost forest, and the gabbling crows croak and scream.
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