name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hooked ram for destroying walls. historical
2. 2
   A grappling hook in Ancient Roman naval warfare. historical

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A constellation of the southern sky south of the constellation Virgo, said to resemble a crow.

Synonyms

All synonyms

atlasbig dipperconstellationcrowgenus corvusharpago

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin corvus.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin corvus (“raven, crow”).

Related phrases

grappling hook

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.