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sea raven
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Sea raven
(gcide) | Sea raven \Sea" ra"ven\ (Zool.)
(a) An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus)
allied to the sculpins, found on the northern Atlantic
coasts.
(b) The cormorant.
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Sea raven
(gcide) | Raven \Ra"ven\ (r[=a]"v'n), n. [AS. hr[ae]fn; akin to D. raaf,
G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to
L. corvus, Gr. ko`rax. [root]19.] (Zool.)
A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the
crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of
the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted
for its sagacity.
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Sea raven (Zool.), the cormorant.
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sea raven
(wn) | sea raven
n 1: large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when
caught [syn: sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus] |
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sea raven
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sea ravens
(gcide) | Cormorant \Cor"mo*rant\ (k[^o]r"m[-o]*rant), n. [F. cormoran,
fr. Armor. m[=o]r-vran a sea raven; m[=o]r sea + bran raven,
with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed;
or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven.]
1. (Zool.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea
birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants
devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of
gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called
sea ravens, and coalgeese. [Written also corvorant.]
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2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. --B.
Jonson.
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sea raven
(wn) | sea raven
n 1: large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when
caught [syn: sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus] |
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