Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Crater and Virgo.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In astronomy, an ancient southern constellation, the Raven.
- noun [lowercase] In Roman antiquity: A kind of grapnel used in marine warfare.
- noun A ram, used for demolishing walls, consisting of a beam bearing a pointed iron head with a heavy hook: distinctively called the corvus demolitor.
- noun [NL.] In zoology, the central and typical genus of the Corvinæ and of the Corvidæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun astronomy A
constellation of thesouthern sky, said to resemble acrow . It lies south of the constellationVirgo . - proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Corvidae —ravens ,crows ,jackdaws and therook .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo
- noun type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Early this morning, having reached a convenient spot on the south side, and at one mile and a quarter distance, we encamped just above a small creek, which we called Corvus, having killed an animal of that genus near it.
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I'm spending an inordinate amount of time trying to decide what to leave in Corvus, what to revise.
Roadworks L. Lee Lowe 2009
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I'm spending an inordinate amount of time trying to decide what to leave in Corvus, what to revise.
Archive 2009-03-01 L. Lee Lowe 2009
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As I hinted at in Corvus 'original post I don't think that anyone has yet made a first person perspective game where the' camera '- your embodied view of the world - is anywhere near as flexible as our real world bodily configuration.
The peaks and perils of First Person Camera Ben Abraham 2008
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As I hinted at in Corvus 'original post I don't think that anyone has yet made a first person perspective game where the' camera '- your embodied view of the world - is anywhere near as flexible as our real world bodily configuration.
Archive 2008-09-01 Ben Abraham 2008
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I've just realised that one of the reasons - and there are many others - why I'm having such doubts about Corvus is that some of its political aspects are going to seem not only old hat, but copycat of the Obama phenomenon.
Archive 2008-06-01 L. Lee Lowe 2008
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I've just realised that one of the reasons - and there are many others - why I'm having such doubts about Corvus is that some of its political aspects are going to seem not only old hat, but copycat of the Obama phenomenon.
Foreshadow of a novel's doom L. Lee Lowe 2008
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Under the name Corvus corone cornix, they had long been considered a subspecies of carrion crows, but were recently elevated to species level as Corvus cornix.
Hooded crows in Istanbul AYDIN 2008
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Under the name Corvus corone cornix, they had long been considered a subspecies of carrion crows, but were recently elevated to species level as Corvus cornix.
Archive 2008-10-01 AYDIN 2008
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I tried to call Corvus for backup, but he was not to be found.
Dark Oracle Alayna Williams 2010
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