genus Corvus

genus Corvus
noun
type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens
Syn: ↑Corvus
Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Corvidae, ↑family Corvidae
Member Meronyms:

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