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Uncommonraven
The correct spelling is raven.
How to pronounce raven
/ˈɹeɪvən/
nounIPA: /ˈɹeɪvən/
Say it like: Rav-en
The correct spelling is raven. Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax. For example: "She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty."
Usage Examples
“She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.
- 2.A jet-black colour.
- 3.Rapine; rapacity.
- 4.Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
adjective
- 1.Of the color of the raven; jet-black
verb
- 1.To obtain or seize by violence.
- 2.To devour with great eagerness.
- 3.To prey on with rapacity.
- 4.To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).
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