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corbie

corbie noun: a raven or crow (typically Corvus corax).

corbie: a raven or crow (typically Corvus corax)
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Noun

corbie (plural corbies)

  1. (Scotland) A raven or crow (typically Corvus corax).
    • From parrots we got to corbies, or ravens, and he told us with infinite humour a story of a certain tame bird of this description, whose constant delight was to do mischief, and to plague all mankind and beastkind.1825, Basil Hall, journal entry quoted in 1837, Walter Scott, J. G. Lockhart (editor), Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., in The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 7, page 417
    • And with them were some lang-gowned men who kenned the stars and would come out o' nights to talk to the deer and the corbies in their ain tongue.1899, John Buchan, The Moor-song: Grey Weather, page 133
  2. (Australia) Either of two moth species of genus Oncopera, whose larvae feed on grasses, especially Oncopera intricata.
    • The eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus), a species believed to be extinct on mainland Australia, is common in the run and front country, where it consumes corbie grubs and cockchafers, among slightly larger prey and carrion.2007, J. B. Kirkpatrick, “Chapter 5: Sheep and nature on the run country”, in Jamie Kirkpatrick, Kerry Bridle, editors, People, Sheep and Nature Conservation: The Tasmanian Experience, page 158

Proper noun capitalized: Corbie

Corbie

  1. A commune in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.

corbie meaning in Tamil

corbie in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of corbie

pluralcorbies
alternative formcorby

Origin of corbie

From Middle French corbeau, from Old French corb (from Latin corvus (“raven”)) or Old French corbel (“crow”) (from Late Latin corbellus, from Latin corvus). See also Norman corbin.

Words formed from corbie

Phrases with corbie

Questions about corbie

What does corbie mean?
Corbie means a raven or crow (typically Corvus corax).
What is corbie in Tamil?
Corbie in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Corbie meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is corbie?
Corbie can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of corbie?
The plural of corbie is corbies.

Words near corbie in the dictionary

  1. corbiculate
  2. corbiculates
  3. corbiculid
  4. corbiculids
  5. corbiculum
  6. corbie
  7. Corbie Hill
  8. corbie step
  9. corbie steps
  10. corbie-messenger
  11. corbie-messengers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corbie (page history and authors); Corbie (page history and authors); corbie (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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