Raven

1. Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
2. Rapine; rapacity.
3. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
4. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
5. To obtain or seize by violence.
6. A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity.
7. To devour with great eagerness.