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night-ravens

night-ravens is the plural of night-raven.

Meaning of night-raven

Noun

night-raven (plural night-ravens)

  1. A bird active at night, sometimes identified with a specific species such as a night owl or nightjar, and sometimes seen as a separate animal in its own right.
    • sad Horrour with grim hew, / Did alwayes sore, beating his yron wings; / And after him Owles and Night-rauens flew, / The hatefull messengers of heauy things [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about night-ravens

What is night-ravens the plural of?
Night-ravens is the plural of night-raven.

Words near night-ravens in the dictionary

  1. night-owlism
  2. night-owls
  3. night-rail
  4. night-rails
  5. night-raven
  6. night-ravens
  7. night-riding
  8. night-robe
  9. night-scented
  10. night-scented jasmine
  11. night-scented jasmines

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