RAVEN [1]
[noun]
1. any of several large, corvine birds having lustrous, black plumage and a loud, harsh call, especially Corvus corax, of the New and Old Worlds.
2. the divine culture hero and trickster of the North Pacific Coast Indians.
3. Astronomy: the constellation Corvus.
[adjective]
4. a lustrous black.
Etymology: Middle English; Old English hrǣfn; cognate with German Rabe, Old Norse hrafn.
RAVEN [2] [aka RAVIN]
[verb]
1. to seek plunder or prey.
2. to eat or feed voraciously or greedily.
3. to have a ravenous appetite.
4. to seize as spoil or prey.
[noun]
5. rapine; robbery.
6. plunder or prey.
Etymology: earlier ravine < Middle French raviner, ultimately < Latin rapīna - rapine.
[Lindsey Kustusch]