Corvus
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Corvus may refer to:
- Corvus (genus), the crows and ravens
- Corvus (constellation)Corvus (constellation)Corvus is a small constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for raven or crow. It includes only 11 stars visible to the naked eye...
- Corvus (weapon)Corvus (weapon)The corvus or harpago was a Roman military boarding device used in naval warfare during the First Punic War against Carthage....
, a weapon used on Roman ships during the First Punic War - Marcus Valerius CorvusMarcus Valerius CorvusMarcus Valerius Corvus was a Roman general of the 4th century BC, characterized as a farmer who lived to be one hundred.-Biography:...
, a 4th-century BC Roman - Corvus Systems, a computer hardware manufacturer
- Corvus: A Life With BirdsCorvus: A Life With BirdsCorvus: A Life With Birds by Esther Woolfson is a non-fiction book about a family which adopts various corvids; a rook named Chicken, a magpie named Spike, and a crow named Ziki....
, a non-fiction tale about keeping corvids as pets. - Corvus, the protagonist of the Raven Software games HereticHeretic (computer game)Heretic is a fantasy first-person shooter video game created by Raven Software, published by id Software, and distributed by GT Interactive in 1994. It was made available on Steam on August 3, 2007....
and Heretic II - Gibson CorvusGibson CorvusThe Gibson Corvus was a short-lived series of guitars produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in the mid-1980s. It featured a solid body with an offset V-cut at the tail, which led it to be colloquially known as the "can opener" guitar. Also, if the guitar is turned sideways it looks as if it is...
, a guitar series produced by Gibson in the '80s - SS CorvusSS CorvusSS Corvus was a 1,317 GRT Norwegian steamship built in Copenhagen in 1920/21 by Kjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft A/S for the Norwegian passenger ship company Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab of Bergen, which was attacked and sunk by two German U-boats in the Western Approaches of the English Channel...
, a Norwegian steamship sunk by German U-boats in February 1945 - Corvus Phantom, an Hungarian aircraft
- ASM-N-8 CorvusASM-N-8 CorvusThe ASM-N-8 Corvus was an anti-radiation missile developed by Temco Aircraft for the United States Navy.-History:In April 1955, the U.S. Navy planned the acquisition of a a long-range air-to-surface missile armed with a nuclear warhead. This weapon should be carried by the carrier-based North...
, a nuclear armed air-to-surface missileAir-to-surface missileAn air-to-surface missile is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft and strike ground targets on land, at sea, or both...
developed by the United States NavyUnited States NavyThe United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
, 1955–1960 - Corvus Books, an imprint of Atlantic Books
- Corvus, the final boss from the video game Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies