Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
crown . - noun In zöol., a crow; specifically, the common carrion-crow of Europe, Corvus corone: made a generic name by Kaup, 1829. See cut under
crow . - noun In anatomy, the coronoid process of the lower jaw-bone, into which the temporal muscle is inserted: so named from its remote resemblance in shape to a crow's beak.
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Examples
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Coronis [Footnote: Coronis was the mother of Asclepius; 'corone' is Greek for a crow.] nor even of her namesake the crow, but of a goose!
Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 of Samosata Lucian 1894
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These species include: Moschus moschiferus, Apodemus speciosus, Luscinia cyane, L. sibilans, Carpodacus roseus, Apus pacificus, Streptopelia orientalis, Tetrao parvirostris, Anas formosa and Corvus corone.
East Siberian taiga 2008
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A serious problem is introduction of crow family (Corvidae) birds such as f rook (Corvus frugilegus) and hooded crow (Corvus corone cornix), especially along forest shelter belts.
Kazakh steppe 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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Species that do not cross the river from the west include: Gallinago megala, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Fringilla coelebs, Luscinia luscinia, Corvus corone cornix.
East Siberian taiga 2008
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Note 2: Delaborde, 1: 111: "Ad tactum clavi et spinee corone et brachii sancti Simeonis per totum ventrem pueri in modum crucis, eodem die ab imminenti periculo est liberatus; et pater suus Philippus rex in transmarinis partibus existens, eodem die et eadem hora, a consimili morbo curatus."
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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That is to saye a kirtle of skarlet, a robe of Purple, a sceptre, and a close corone.
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Before thei slea it, thei set it aparte by them, with a corone upon the heade, and heape vppon it many bittre banninges and curses.
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The carrion crow (corvus corone corone) is found in western Europe and eastern Asia.
The Annotated "Mountains of the Moon" Robert Hunter 1998
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