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sea-raven
1. The cormorant.[A transl. of L. corvus marinus: see etymol. note s.v. cormorant.] 1611Cotgr., Corbeau d'eau, a Cormorant. Corbeau de mer, the same; or, the sea-Rauen. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) VI. 102 When the great sea-raven, as Jacobson informs us, comes to take away their young, the puffins boldly oppose him.
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†a. A fish mentioned by Pliny. Obs.
b. A large North American fish, Hemitripterus americanus, also called deep-water sculpin.
1601Holland Pliny xxxii. xi. II. 451 [List of fishes.] The Sea-Raven Corvus. 1672J. Josselyn New-Eng. Rarities 29 Sea Raven. 1836J. Richardson Fauna Bor.-Amer. iii. 50 Hemitripterus Americanus... The Sea-raven{ddd}inhabits the cod-banks on the coast of New York, Nova Scotia, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 1888Goode Amer. Fishes 302 The Sea-raven is decidedly palatable.
†c. A large African fish. Obs. rare—1.
1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVI. 15/2 Sea Raven, or corvo marino, of Kongo in Africa,..is about six feet long, and big in proportion. |