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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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..
Cormoraut :: Cormoraut (a.) Ravenous; voracious.
Ravine :: Ravine (v. t. & i.) See Raven, v. t. & i..
Ravenous :: Ravenous (a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture..
Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat..
Contravene :: Contravene (v. t.) To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.
Craven :: Craven (n.) A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n..
Cravening :: Cravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crave.
Sculptile :: Sculptile (a.) Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images..
Fell :: Fell (a.) Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
Raven :: 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..
Lepidomelane :: Lepidomelane (n.) An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica..
Contravening :: Contravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contraven.
Lupine :: Lupine (n.) Wolfish; ravenous.
Sea Raven :: Sea raven () An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts..
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..
Ravening :: Ravening (a.) Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves..
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door..
Extravenate :: Extravenate (a.) Let out of the veins.
Hoarse :: Hoarse (superl.) Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven..
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