Pronunciations (7)
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/kɹɔː/
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- Northern-England
- Received-Pronunciation
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/kɹoː/
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- Australia
- British
- New-Zealand
- Southern
- Standard
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/kɾɔ/
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- Scotland
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/kɾɔː/
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- Wales
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/kɹɔ/
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/kɹɑ/
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- cot-caught-merger
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kɹɔː
Noun
The stomach of an animal.
Usage- Archaic
The crop of a bird.
Verb
To caw, crow.
Usage- Archaic
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More examples (1)
The night was now pitmirk; the wind soughed amid the head-stones and railings of the gentry, (for we must all die,) and the black corbies in the steeple-holes cackled and crawed in a fearsome manner.
Noun
a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
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