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Corcorax melanorhamphus
Waybung Way"bung`, n. (Zo["o]l.) An Australian insessorial bird (Corcorax melanorhamphus) noted for the curious actions of the male during the breeding season. It is black with a white patch on each wing.
Corvus corax
Raven Ra"ven, n. [AS. hr[ae]fn; akin to raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. ?. ???.] (Zo["o]l.) A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern part of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. Sea raven (Zo["o]l.), the cormorant.
Nycticorax Caledonicus
Nankeen Nan*keen", n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.] 1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent. 2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. 3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zo["o]l.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.

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- Look up corax in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Corax can refer to: corax, the scientific species name of the common raven (Corvus corax) corax, a species...
- The common raven (Corvus corax) is a large all-black p****erine bird. It is the most widely distributed of all corvids, found across the Northern Hemisphere...
- The Corax, also known as Raven (Corax being Latin for raven), is a prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the British Armed Forces being developed...
- Corvus Corax may refer to: Common raven (Corvus corax), bird Corvus Corax (band), German band known for playing medieval music This disambiguation page...
- Corvus Corax is a German band known for playing neo-Medieval music using authentic instruments. Their name is the Latin name for the common raven. The...
- Corax (Gr****: Κόραξ, Korax; fl. 5th century BC) was one of the founders (along with Tisias) of ancient Gr**** rhetoric. Some scholars contend that both...
- species. The term "raven" originally referred to the common raven (Corvus corax), the type species of the genus Corvus, which has a larger distribution...
- mythology, Corax (Ancient Gr****: Κόραξ Korax or Κόρακος means 'raven') or Corex was the 16th king of Sicyon who reigned for 30 years. Corax was the elder...
- The pied raven (Corvus corax varius morpha leucophaeus) is an extinct colour morph of the North Atlantic subspecies of the common raven that was only...
- Chrysocale corax is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1901. It is found in Peru. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching...