carrion crow vs raven

carrion crow

noun
  • The common European black crow Corvus corone. 

  • The American black vulture Coragyps atratus. 

raven

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. 

  • raven 

  • Rapine; rapacity. 

  • Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. 

verb
  • To prey on with rapacity. 

  • To show rapacity; to be greedy (for something). 

  • To devour with great eagerness. 

adj
  • Of the color of the raven; jet-black 

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