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- a large heavily built crow with mainly black plumage, feeding chiefly on carrion渡鸦。
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- Genus Corvus, family Corvidae: several species, in particular the widespread all-black common raven (C. corax).乌鸦属, 鸦科:数种, 尤指分布广泛的纯黑普通渡鸦 (拉丁名C. corax)。
- (especially of hair) of a glossy black colour(尤指毛发)乌油油的, 乌亮的。
词源
Old English hræfn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raaf and German Rabe.