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corb

Pronunciation: /korb/

“corb” is a Romanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. raven (bird)
  2. brown meagre (fish)

In Romanian

  1. (ornit.) (Corvus, mai ales Corvus corax) pasăre semirăpitoare, omnivoră, mai mare decât cioara, cu penele negre, cu ciocul și picioarele puternice și cu penajul negru cu luciu metalic.
  2. (iht.) (Sciaena umbra, alternativ, Corvina nigra) pește de mare cu capul mare și botul gros, rotunjit, de culoare brună.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. Compare Aromanian corbu, Albanian korb, Italian corvo.

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