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I take this from borne -, from Borneo, plus - ailurus, from the Greek ailouros, cat, and corvini, from Corvinus (which also means "like a crow" from Latin corvus crow), a Latinized form of the name Corwin, honoring American zoologist Jeff Corwin.
That’s no mystery carnivore (part II)… it’s a giant squirrel! Darren Naish 2007
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Granted, corvus is on my totem and birds figure in my photos, dreams and poems.
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The blue-crested "corvus" is a jay (Cyanocilla stelleri); the white-breasted is
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904
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I shot that bird to-day, I'll confess now, Frau Barbara; my corvus is a wretched crow. "
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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I shot that bird to-day, I'll confess now, Frau Barbara; my corvus is a wretched crow. "
The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 05 Georg Ebers 1867
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I shot that bird to-day, I'll confess now, Frau Barbara; my corvus is a wretched crow. "
The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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Chung Kuo Press Release from publishers Corvus/Atlantic-Grove « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS 2010
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chained_bear commented on the word corvus
"... the Raven, in astronomy, a constellation of the southern hemisphere, wherein.... are 9 stars."
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"In antiquity, a machine invented by the Romans, at the time of their wars in Sicily, when they first engaged the Carthaginian fleet.
"On the prow of their ships they erected a round piece of timber, about a foot and a half in diameter, and twelve feet in length; on the top of which, was a block, or pulley: round this piece of timber was a platform of boards, four feet broad, and about eighteen feet long, which was well framed, and fastened with iron.... it moved about the aforesaid upright piece of timber, as on a spindle, and could be hoisted up within six feet of the top: about this was a sort of parapet, knee high, which was defended with upright bars of iron, sharp at the ends... with this movable gallery they boarded the enemy's ships...."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 108
October 13, 2008