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CORMORANT
cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
(noun) large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cormorant (plural cormorants)
Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, especially the great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo.
(obsolete) A voracious eater.
Synonym: glutton; see also glutton
Adjective
cormorant (comparative more cormorant, superlative most cormorant)
Ravenous, greedy.
• William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act I, Scene 1
Source: Wiktionary
Cor`mo*rant (kr"m-rant), n. Etym: [F. cormoran, fr. Armor. m a sea raven; m sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [Written also corvorant.]
2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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