Definition of raven

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Raven (n.) A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity..

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Gravenstein :: Gravenstein (n.) A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality..
Cormoraut :: Cormoraut (a.) Ravenous; voracious.
Ravener :: Ravener (n.) A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture..
Raven :: Raven (n.) Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
Contravened :: Contravened (imp. & p. p.) of Contraven.
Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture..
Sea Raven :: Sea raven () The cormorant.
Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..
Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..
Contravening :: Contravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contraven.
Disoblige :: Disoblige (v. t.) To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.
Flock :: Flock (n.) A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl..
Cravening :: Cravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crave.
Craven :: Craven (a.) Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.
Ravine :: Ravine (v. t. & i.) See Raven, v. t. & i..
Intraventricular :: Intraventricular (a.) Within or between ventricles.
Limosis :: Limosis (n.) A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.
Predatory :: Predatory (a.) Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits..
Harpy :: Harpy (n.) A fabulous winged monster, ravenous and filthy, having the face of a woman and the body of a vulture, with long claws, and the face pale with hunger. Some writers mention two, others three..
Exarch :: Exarch (n.) A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc..
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