Examples
“Despite these objections, P. humilis has remained classified as a corvid in most standard works on Corvidae (Goodwin 1986, Madge & Burn 1999) and indeed in most general works on birds.”
“My most recent discovery of evidence of corvid intelligence is this video of some Russian ravens who are clearly playing in the snow just for the fun of it.”
The Huffington Post: David Mizejewski: Corvids Are Oddly Intelligent
“There is the study that showed how a Eurasian corvid called a rook figured out that it could raise the level of water in a pitcher by adding rocks to it, just like in the ancient Aesop fable, so it could get a drink.”
The Huffington Post: David Mizejewski: Corvids Are Oddly Intelligent
“Sometimes a solitary corvid would cry a single rising note that hung in the air, and it sounded to me like a question thrown against the sky.”
“Picking nits, I know, but the car wash thief looks like a starling (not a corvid).”
“After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.”
“It bore no resemblance to any corvid that had ever lived, but somehow the lines managed to convey an expression of fierce intelligence.”
“It was a black feather, roughly as long as his hand, probably from a corvid, like a crow, or perhaps a raven.”
“Three points, all empty declarative, rising tone [you got your cheer from corvid, yeah], saying nothing except 'attack' while cutting off discussion.”
““But finding that rooks can do it as well seems to suggest that it is a capacity of the whole corvid family.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘corvid’.
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erinnbatykefer's Words
ewer, lace, grenadine, wick, haruspex, augur, distal, proximal, supine, labyrinthine, rivers, monongahela and 176 more...
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polymorph's Words
pornerastic, yeaux, enantiadromia, synchronicity, transubstantiation, sensimilla, slough, scaphism, symbiosis, prolix, orgiastic, cryptogamic and 245 more...
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snarkout's Words
agenbite, scandent, vulpine, ratel, corvid, magpie, meline, musteline, ecdysiast, waxwing, abecedarian, guillotine and 111 more...
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je les adore!
fusillade, foal, celestial, abattoir, byzantium, berlin, casablanca, babylon, balkans, albion, avalon, between the devil... and 471 more...
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Reading Reading
Words from the works of Peter Reading - at least one from each (except the Schwitters-esque erosions, cut-ups etc).
overbright, pimpled, muskiness, effuse, stoup, maul, unlevel, viscid, perfidious, glibly, aloes, drouth and 449 more...
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noble mythical words
halcyon, yore, chevalier, geas, dour, clarion, codex, selkie, mythic, rime, hoarfrost, eldritch and 112 more...
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geekwad's Words
mysterium, elif, reckon, shadowy, ostensibly, unique, foodie, surreptitiously, asynchronous, insane, berserk, space pirate and 235 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1381 more...
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favorite words
sawbones, grackle, celadon, brio, loam, trull, mint, saliva, serape, frisson, impasto, reek and 547 more...
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Flora and Fauna
poa annua, pooka, vole, bestiary, popple, turgor, starling, sharpy, copse, coreopsis, clove, corvid and 348 more...
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roseandivy's list
mooncalf, wonted, gibbet, artless, noontide, blithe, glitterati, vorpal, soporific, moxie, pilfer, betwixt and between and 263 more...
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Things Avian
Wordies relating to birdies. :-)
calidrid, corvid, avian, avifauna, beak, brood, aerie, altricial, albumen, winged, wattle, covey and 217 more...
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I like: C
cabal, cadmium, caligula, calliope, callow, camel, camera obscura, canticle, carmina burana, carpe diem, cartouche, casablanca and 68 more...
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inspired by poetry
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Palatable and Audacious
Words that simple feel wonderful to say or hear.
Tweets
Looking for tweets for corvid.

yarb Citation on besnotted. Jul 4, 2008