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cor⋅vine

[kawr-vahyn, -vin]
–adjective
1. pertaining to or resembling a crow.
2. belonging or pertaining to the Corvidae, a family of birds including the crows, ravens, and jays.

Origin:
1650–60; < L corvīnus, equiv. to corv(us) raven + -īnus -ine 1
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cor·vine   (kôr'vīn', -vĭn)   
adj.  Of, resembling, or characteristic of crows.

[Latin corvīnus, from corvus, raven.]
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