corvine

/kawr-vahyn, -vin/US // ˈkɔr vaɪn, -vɪn //UK // (ˈkɔːvaɪn) //

珊瑚礁,玉米粉,科维尼

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : pertaining to or resembling a crow.
- : belonging or pertaining to the Corvidae, a family of birds including the crows, ravens, and jays.

Any attempt at courtship after the style of the costermonger is resented by the whole corvine community.
In the long struggle between human ingenuity and corvine sagacity, it is doubtful which has thus far obtained the upper hand.
They are chanting something that corresponds in the corvine world to our Dead March in ‘Saul.’
Strepera, strep′e-ra, n. an Australian genus of corvine passerine birds, the crow-shrikes.
In its native state the jay seems to be rather more of a vegetarian than the previously mentioned examples of the corvine birds.