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Definition of Corvine
1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling a crow.
Definition of Corvine
1. a. Of or pertaining to the crow; crowlike.
Definition of Corvine
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of crows or ravens. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corvine
1. pertaining or belonging to the crow family of birds [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corvine
Literary usage of Corvine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds of Western Africa by William Swainson, William Jardine (1862)
"337—corvine Shrike of authors. IT is difficult to imagine why this bird, which
has all the essential characters of a true Shrike, should have been likened ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"... Walkers," that is to say, they do not hop. Many of them throw up pellets after
the manner of the Owls. THE TRUE CROWS. SUB-FAMILY corvine. THE ROOKS. ..."
3. Clear Skies and Cloudy by Charles Conrad Abbott (1898)
"A corvine Congress. ABOVE the roar of the petulant east wind that bent the tops
of the pines about the house, whistled through the big door-yard elm and ..."
4. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers, Alexander Ireland (1884)
"If we might judge by the structure of the tongue, we should place the Humming
Birds of America in the same branch of the corvine genealogy : they eat ..."
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