Corvus
['kɔ:vəs]
Definition
(noun.) type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens.
(noun.) a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo.
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Examples
- Then as the Carthaginian rammed or swept alongside, this _corvus_, as it was called, could be let down and the boarders could swarm aboard him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- According to rule they out-man?uvred and defeated the Romans, but the _corvus_ again defeated them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The small amount of invention needed to counteract the _corvus_ was not apparently within the compass of the Carthaginian rulers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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