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Corvidae
(redirected from Corvid)

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Noun1.Corvidae - crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
family Corvidae
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
corvine bird - birds of the crow family
genus Corvus, Corvus - type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens
Garrulinae, subfamily Garrulinae - subfamily of the crow family: jays
genus Nucifraga, Nucifraga - nutcrackers
genus Pica, Pica - magpies
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In their experiments, they showed that the birds - which belong to the corvid family that includes crows, ravens and magpies - perceive the physical rules of support with the same degree of intelligence as a six-month-old baby.
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These members of the corvid family--which includes crows and ravens--join apes, bottlenose dolphins, elephants and humans as the only animals known to understand that a mirror image shows their own body.
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