genus corvus

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   type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens

   SynonymsCorvus

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofCorvidae

Questions about genus corvus

What does genus corvus mean?

genus corvus means "type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens".

What is another word for genus corvus?

Close synonyms include Corvus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus corvus a common word?

genus corvus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.