different between jackdaw vs jacksaw

English

Etymology

Compound of jack +? daw. The first element, also present in Low German (North Saxon) Jöker (“jackdaw”), may refer either to its characteristic call, often represented as tchak-tchak, or to the name Jack. The second element means “jackdaw” in itself, from Old English d?we, from Proto-Germanic *d?h?, from Proto-Indo-European *d??k- (“a daw, starling, thrush, similar birds”). Cognate with Old Prussian doacke (“starling”), Latin faccil?re (“the sound or timbre of the thrush”), and German Dohle (“jackdaw”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?æk?d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?æk?d?/, /?d?æk?d?/
• Hyphenation: jack?daw

Noun

jackdaw (plural jackdaws)

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

   Synonyms: daw, western jackdaw, Eurasian jackdaw, European jackdaw

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

Translations

Further reading

• “jackdaw”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “jackdaw”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

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Noun

jacksaw (plural jacksaws)

1. A bird, the merganser.