corviform

Adjective

corviform (comparative more corviform, superlative most corviform)

1. (rare) Resembling a crow or raven; corvine.
   • A family of corviform oscine passerine birds, typified by the genus Oriolus; the Old World orioles or golden thrushes: so called from the characteristic yellow color of the plumage.1890, “Oriolidæ”, in William Dwight Whitney, editor, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language […], volume IV, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4156, column 1
   • Miss Flees and her toady Peebles, the choleric MacWilt, the occasionally corviform Dr. Brown, and the rest, are hideous and malignant creatures all, and prey to their own craven, violent, and envious natures.1994, Michael Swanwick, “In the Tradition...”, in Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, editors, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, published...