Corvus

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Latin corvus (“raven”)

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Corvus

  1. (taxonomy) A taxonomic genus within the family Corvidae — ravens, crows, jackdaws and the rook.

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  • 2006, Gill, F. and Wright, M., Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276:

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From Latin corvus (“raven, crow”)

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Corvus

  1. (astronomy): A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a crow. It lies south of the constellation Virgo.

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constellation of the southern sky

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