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Night-raven

NIGHT-RAVEN

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Noun.
A fowl of ill omen that cries in the night.

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night-raven

night-raven

English

Noun

night-raven (plural night-ravens)

  1. A bird active at night, sometimes identified with a specific species such as a night owl or nightjar, and sometimes seen as a separate animal in its own right.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
      sad Horrour with grim hew, / Did alwayes sore, beating his yron wings; / And after him Owles and Night-rauens flew, / The hatefull messengers of heauy things [...].

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