raven
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/ˈɹeɪvən/
English
Definitions
noun
- Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.
- A jet-black colour.
adjective
- Of the color of the raven; jet-black“She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.”
noun
- Rapine; rapacity.
- Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
verb
- To obtain or seize by violence.
- To devour with great eagerness.
- To prey on with rapacity.
- To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something).