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
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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
Although there is a numerous sub-colony of crows in the wood behind my house, the headquarters of the corvine army are in the pine grove of the ancient castle grounds, visible from my front rooms.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Lafcadio Hearn
He went to the king of crows, and begged that his corvine majesty would be pleased to allow one thousand of his black subjects to accompany him on a certain day to a certain place.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
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