: a large, glossy-black bird (Corvus corax) that is widely distributed in northern parts of the northern hemisphere but now rare in most areas of the eastern and central U.S. and that differs from the closely related common crow chiefly in its larger size and wedge-shaped tail and in having the feathers of the throat narrow and pointed resulting in a shaggy appearance
also
: any of various usually large and glossy black, corvine birds
: shiny and black like a raven's feathers
raven hair
ravened; ravening
ˈra-və-niŋ
ˈrav-niŋ
1
: to devour greedily
2
: despoil
men … raven the earth, destroying its resources—New Yorker
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