Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Daw \Daw\ (d[add]), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t[=a]ha, MHG.
   t[=a]he, t[=a]hele, G. dohle. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A European bird of the Crow family ({Corvus monedula}), often
   nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.

         The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws The whole
         assembly of his fellow daws.             --Waller.

   Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a
         simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- ``Then thou dwellest
         with daws too.'' (--Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) --Skeat.

Source : WordNet®

Corvus monedula
     n : common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery [syn:
          {jackdaw}, {daw}]