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crow-beater
[< Cdn F; see 1959 quote]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, from its habit of driving other birds from its nesting site.
Quotations
1866
Allow me to introduce you to a brave, indomitable fellow--the King Bird; . . . schoolboys know him as the Crow-beater.
1959
EASTERN KINGBIRD . . . Batteur de corbeaux (Crow beater. It attacks, sometimes even alighting upon and pecking larger birds that invade its nesting territory. Que.). . . .