"Icelandic raven" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Icelandic ravens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Icelandic raven (plural Icelandic ravens)
  1. A subspecies of the common raven, Corvus corax varius (including the extinct colour morph leucophaeus), native to Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Categories (lifeform): Corvids

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