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daw (medicine)


daw
<zoology> A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. "The loud daw, his throat displaying, draw The whole assembly of his fellow daws." (Waller)

The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: "Then thou dwellest with daws too."

Origin: OE. Dawe; akin to OHG. Taha, MHG. Tahe, tahele, G. Dohle. Cf. Caddow.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Fistularia (medicine)


fistularia
<zoology> A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube, with the mouth at the extremity.

Origin: NL, fr. L. Fistula pipe.

Source: Websters Dictionary