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common raven

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large all-black passerine bird in the crow family, Corvus corax.

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noun

Meaning 2

A dark-colored South Asian swallowtail butterfly, Papilio castor

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: saghani — Corvus corax
  • Asturian: cuervu — Corvus corax
  • Asturian: cuervu carniceru — Corvus corax
  • Basque: erroi — Corvus corax
  • Breton: marc'hvran — Corvus corax
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏鴉 /乌鸦 (wūyā) — Corvus corax
  • Chinese Mandarin: 渡鴉 /渡鸦 (dùyā) — Corvus corax
  • Dutch: raaf — Corvus corax
  • Esperanto: korako — Corvus corax
  • Estonian: ronk — Corvus corax
  • Estonian: kaaren — Corvus corax
  • Finnish: korppi — Corvus corax
  • French: grand corbeau — Corvus corax
  • Galician: corvo — Corvus corax
  • German: Kolkrabe — Corvus corax
  • Hungarian: közönséges holló — Corvus corax
  • Irish: fiach dubh — Corvus corax
  • Japanese: 渡り鴉 (watarigarasu) — Corvus corax
  • Japanese: 大鴉 (ōgarasu) — Corvus corax
  • Lithuanian: paprastasis kranklys — Corvus corax
  • Lithuanian: juodvarnis — Corvus corax
  • Lithuanian: kranklys — Corvus corax
  • Lithuanian: varnas — Corvus corax
  • Lower Tanana: dotron' — Corvus corax
  • Navajo: zhį́ʼii — Corvus corax
  • Polish: kruk zwyczajny — Corvus corax
  • Russian: во́рон (vóron) — Corvus corax
  • Scots: corbie — Corvus corax
  • Scottish Gaelic: fitheach — Corvus corax
  • Swedish: korp — Corvus corax
  • Tày: ca — Corvus corax
  • Welsh: cigvran — Corvus corax