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Icelandic raven

Icelandic raven noun: a subspecies of the common raven, Corvus corax varius (including the extinct colour morph leucophaeus), native to Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

Noun

Icelandic raven (plural Icelandic ravens)

  1. A subspecies of the common raven, Corvus corax varius (including the extinct colour morph leucophaeus), native to Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
    • The Icelandic raven flits around us, and runs among the stones in a bold contemptuous manner, flinging us a disdainful croak when we pelt it.1863, Sabine Baring-Gould, Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas, page 187
    • Sometimes a black flag flickered for a moment above one of the distant bastions ; it was the wing of a raven—the great Icelandic raven that kills and devours the lambs.1913, Henry De Vere Stacpoole, The Children of the Sea, page 111

Forms of Icelandic raven

pluralIcelandic ravens

Questions about Icelandic raven

What does Icelandic raven mean?
Icelandic raven means a subspecies of the common raven, Corvus corax varius (including the extinct colour morph leucophaeus), native to Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
What part of speech is Icelandic raven?
Icelandic raven is a noun.
What is the plural of Icelandic raven?
The plural of Icelandic raven is Icelandic ravens.

Words near Icelandic raven in the dictionary

  1. Icelandic cyprine
  2. Icelandic cyprines
  3. Icelandic horse
  4. Icelandic horses
  5. Icelandic Low
  6. Icelandic raven
  7. Icelandic ravens
  8. Icelandic Sheepdog
  9. Icelandic Sheepdogs
  10. Icelandic Sign Language
  11. Icelandic Spitz

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