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[syn: sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sea raven \Sea" ra"ven\ (Zool.)
(a) An American cottoid fish (Hemitripterus Americanus)
allied to the sculpins, found on the northern Atlantic
coasts.
(b) The cormorant.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Raven \Ra"ven\ (r[=a]"v'n), n. [AS. hr[ae]fn; akin to D. raaf,
G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to
L. corvus, Gr. ko`rax. [root]19.] (Zool.)
A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the
crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. It is native of
the northern parts of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted
for its sagacity.
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Sea raven (Zool.), the cormorant.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sea raven
n 1: large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when
caught [syn: sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus]