crow

– noun
1. any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common Corvid Brachyrhynchos, of North America.
2. any of several other birds of the family Corvidae.
3. any of various similar birds of other families.
- idioms
5. as the crow flies, in a straight line; by the most direct route.
7. eat crow, to be forced to admit to having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic statement; suffer humiliation.

os•cine

– adj.
1. of, belonging to, or pertaining to the suborder Oscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the songbirds that have highly developed vocal organs.
– noun
2. an oscine bird.

or·ni·thol·o·gy

– noun
1. the branch of zoology that deals with birds.