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Corvus

noun

A small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo. Synonym: Crow.

Type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens. Synonym: genus Corvus.

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... The common magpie (Corvus pica, Linn.), as I have been informed by the Rev. W. Darwin Fox, used to assemble from all parts of Delamere Forest, in order to celebrate the "great magpie marriage." Some years ago these birds abounded in extraordinary numbers, so that a gamekeeper killed in one ...

— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin

Words linked to "Corvus" : Corvus frugilegus, Corvus brachyrhyncos, raven, Corvidae, Corvus monedula, crow, constellation, bird genus, rook, family Corvidae, jackdaw, daw