02319 Cor"bie atau Cor"by (?), n.; pl. Corbies (#). [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) The raven. mark [Scot.]2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge.Corbie crow, the carrion crow. mark [Scot.]
02475 E*las`mo*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a metal plate + a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.
02323 Cor*dil"ler*a (k?r-d?l"l?r-?; Sp. k?r`d?-ly?"r?), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. cordilla, cordiella, dim. of cuerda a rope, string. See Cord.] (Geol.) A mountain ridge or chain. note &hand; Cordillera is sometimes applied, in geology, to the system of mountain chains near the border of a continent; thus, the western cordillera of North America in the United States includes the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Coast and Cascade ranges. /note
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