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Corvid
This has nothing to do with a virus. It comes from Latin, Corvus, meaning crow.
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Re: Corvid
From whence comes corvine, resembling or pertaining to crows. Not many people know that
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Re: Corvid
From whence comes corvine, resembling or pertaining to crows. Not many people know that
Shock and horrors! "From whence"?
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Re: Corvid
If you're an acolyte of Samuel Johnson I bid you good day sir; I'm more a Byron man myselfFrom whence comes corvine, resembling or pertaining to crows. Not many people know that
Shock and horrors! "From whence"?
Iain
Re: Corvid
According to The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds (J. K. Torres; Alfred A. Knopf: 1987) and Wikipedia, "corvus" is Latin for "raven." The Crow family, Corvidae, consists of 103 species world-wide, 18 in North America, 10 in Japan. In addition to crows and ravens, other corvids include jays, magpies and nutcrackers.
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