Raven vs Scorpion - What's the difference?
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A common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus'', especially the common raven, ''Corvus corax .
Of the color of the raven; jet-black
(archaic) To obtain or seize by violence.
To devour with great eagerness.
To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones , related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a poisonous sting in the end.
An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
As nouns the difference between raven and scorpion
is that raven is a common name for several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax while scorpion is any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a poisonous sting in the end.As adjectives the difference between raven and scorpion
is that raven is of the color of the raven; jet-black while Scorpion is of, or pertaining to, the Scorpio star sign.As a verb raven
is to obtain or seize by violence.As a proper noun Raven
is {{given name|female|from=English}} for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s.raven
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia raven) (Corvus corax) From (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* (Australian raven) () * (brown-necked raven) () * (Chatham raven) () * (Chihuahuan raven) () * common raven (Corvus corax ) * (dwarf raven) () * (fan-tailed raven) () * (forest raven) () * (little raven) () * (New Zealand raven) () * northern raven (Corvus corax ) * (pied raven) * (relict raven) () * (Somali raven) () * (Tasmanian raven) () * (thick-billed raven) () * (western raven) () * (white-necked raven) ()Adjective
(-)- raven curls
- raven darkness
- She was a tall, sophisticated, raven-haired beauty.
Derived terms
* nonraven * raven-black * raven-haired * ravenhood * raven standardEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* ravin, ravineVerb
(en verb)- The raven is both a scavenger, who ravens''' a dead animal almost like a vulture, and a bird of prey, who commonly '''ravens to catch a rodent.
