(Scotland) A raven or crow (typically ).
1825, Basil Hall, journal entry quoted in 1837, Walter Scott, J. G. Lockhart (editor), Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., in The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 7, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CB5XAAAAYAAJ…
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(Australia) Either of two moth species of genus , whose larvae feed on grasses, especially .
: From parrots we got to corbies, or ravens, and he told us with infinite humour a story of a certain tame bird of this description, whose constant delight was to do mischief, and to plague all mankind and beastkind.
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