corvine
Americanadjective
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pertaining to or resembling a crow.
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belonging or pertaining to the Corvidae, a family of birds including the crows, ravens, and jays.
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling a crow
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of, relating to, or belonging to the passerine bird family Corvidae, which includes the crows, raven, rook, jackdaw, magpies, and jays
Etymology
Origin of corvine
1650–60; < Latin corvīnus, equivalent to corv ( us ) raven + -īnus -ine 1
Vocabulary lists containing corvine
Example Sentences
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A pisco sour, a plate of corvine tiradito, waiters who always seem as if they’re auditioning for a show on FXX — it’s hard to have a bad time here.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2017
Not least, I particularly relished Stott’s sprightly diction: “a rialto of possibilities,” “the brutal comedy of his worldliness,” “temulent illusions,” “a horde of corvine devotees.”
From Washington Post
Ringo Starr, the somewhat corvine drummer, is the son of a house painter.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Why, you depraved descendant of a corvine ancestor; you grey-headed old miscreant,” exclaimed the blackbird, who had been to look at the prisoner, “what have you done with the foreigner?”
From Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn by Keyl, F. W.
Any attempt at courtship after the style of the costermonger is resented by the whole corvine community.
From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas
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