Definition of Corvine bird

1. Noun. Birds of the crow family.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Corvine Bird

corvesor
corvesors
corvet
corveted
corvets
corvette
corvetted
corvettes
corvetto
corvettos
corvid
corvids
corvina
corvinas
corvine
corvine bird (current term)
corvorant
corvorants
corvuses
corvusite
cory
corybant
corybantes
corybantiasm
corybantic
corybants
corydaline
corydalines
corydalis
corydalises

Literary usage of Corvine bird

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Manual of British Birds by Howard Saunders (1899)
"There is a bold sweep in its flight unrivalled by that of any other corvine bird. In its food it is omnivorous ; and where it is persecuted on account of ..."

2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1890)
"In 1877 we had a single specimen of this fine corvine bird in the Society's Aviaries. The present example« have been acquired from the Jardin ..."

3. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1872)
"BISHOP, J., on the vocal organs of frogs, U. 26; on the vocal organs of corvine bird?, ii. 52; on the trachea of the Merganser. ii. 57. ..."

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