cormorant (noun)

  • 1cormorant — ► NOUN ▪ a large diving seabird with a long neck, long hooked bill, and mainly black plumage. ORIGIN Old French cormaran, from Latin corvus marinus sea raven …

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  • 2cormorant — noun Etymology: Middle English cormeraunt, from Middle French cormorant, from Old French cormareng, from corp raven + marenc of the sea, from Latin marinus more at corbel, marine Date: 14th century 1. any of various dark colored web footed water… …

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  • 3cormorant — noun (C) a large black sea bird which has a long neck and eats fish …

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  • 4cormorant — UK [ˈkɔː(r)mərənt] / US [ˈkɔrmərənt] noun [countable] Word forms cormorant : singular cormorant plural cormorants a large dark coloured bird with a long neck that lives near the sea and eats fish …

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  • 5cormorant — /ˈkɔmərənt / (say kawmuhruhnt) noun 1. any of various large, web footed, black or pied waterbirds of the genus Phalacrocorax, family Phalacrocoracidae, having a long neck and a pouch under the bill in which fish are held; often seen standing in… …

  • 6cormorant — 1. noun /ˈkɔːmərənt/ Any of various medium large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, especially the great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo. 2. adjective /ˈkɔːmərənt/ Ravenous, greedy. Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives …

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  • 7cormorant — cor|mo|rant [ kɔrmərənt ] noun count a large dark colored bird with a long neck that lives near the ocean and eats fish …

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  • 8cormorant — [ kɔ:m(ə)r(ə)nt] noun a large diving seabird with a long neck, long hooked bill, short legs, and mainly black plumage. [Phalacrocorax carbo and other species.] Origin ME: from OFr. cormaran, from med. L. corvus marinus sea raven ; the final t is… …

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  • 9double-crested cormorant — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a large long tailed cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) with a tuft of feathers on each side of the head, present on both coasts of No. America and on inland waters north to Hudson Bay * * * /dub euhl kres tid/ a North… …

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  • 10double-crested cormorant — noun Date: 1835 a North American cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) of which the breeding adults have a tuft of feathers on each side of the head …

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