Corvus

See also: corvus

Translingual

Corvus brachyrhynchos

Etymology

Latin corvus (“raven”)

Proper noun

Corvus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Corvidae – true crows: ravens, crows, jackdaws and the rook.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri – suborder; Corvida – parvorder; Corvoidea – superfamily; Corvidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Corvus corax - type species. See Corvus on WikispeciesWikispecies for other species.

References

• Corvus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Corvus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Corvus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
• Call of American crow

English

Corvus constellation map

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós

Proto-Italic *korwos

Latin corvusbor.

English Corvus

Borrowed from Latin corvus (“raven, crow”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)vəs

Proper noun

Corvus

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

   Synonym: Raven

Derived terms

• Corvi

Translations

constellation of the southern sky

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏鴉座 / 乌鸦座 (zh) (Wūyāzuò)

• Finnish: Korppi (fi)
• French: Corbeau (fr) m
• Galician: Corvo (gl)
• German: Rabe (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Κόραξ m (Kórax)

• Irish: an Préachán m
• Japanese: 烏座 (ja) (Karasuza), からす座 (ja) (Karasuza)
• Kazakh: Қарға (Qarğa), Құзғын (Qūzğyn)
• Korean: 까마귀자리 (Kkamagwijari)
• Malay: Gagak
• Polish: Kruk (pl) m
• Russian: Во́рон (ru) m (Vóron)
• Spanish: Corvus
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: غراب (gurab)

See also

• Corvus (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾbus/ [ˈkoɾ.β̞us]
• Rhymes: -oɾbus
• Syllabification: Cor‧vus

Proper noun

Corvus ?

1. (astronomy) Corvus (constellation of the southern sky)