corvine.

Relating to crows or ravens, or resembling their appearance.

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Words that belong together

• a corvine profile
• corvine features

On the page

The mask gave the figure a corvine profile against the pale window.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, atmosphere. Commonness: uncommon.