a. [ad. L. corvīn-us, f. corvus raven.] Of or pertaining to a raven or crow; akin to a crow, of the crow kind.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Corvine, pertaining to, or like a Raven or Crow; black as a Crow.
1852. R. F. Burton, Falc. Indus, i. 5. A din of corvine voices.
1874. Coues, Birds N. W., 210. Notwithstanding its essentially corvine form, the habits of this bird … are rather those of Jays.
1886. F. H. H. Guillemard, Cruise Marchesa, I. 122. Corvine birds are abundant wherever there are fish.
