SKLONKLISH
An illustrated word of the day
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Corvid
corvid
\
ˈ
kor-vəd\
noun
: any of a family (Corvidae) of stout-billed passerine birds including the crows, jays, magpies and the raven
Etymology: New Latin
Corvidae,
from
Corvus,
genus name, from Latin, raven
I miss the sound of crows.
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