corvus
Meanings
noun
- A hooked ram for destroying walls.
- A grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare.
name
- A constellation of the southern sky south of the constellation Virgo, said to resemble a crow.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin corvus (“crow”), named for the resemblance to a crow's beak.
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