cormorant

UK: /ˈkɔː^rmərənt/ US: /ˈkɔrmərənt/ ,(kôr′mər ənt)

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cor•mo•rant /ˈkɔrmərənt/   n. [countable]

1. Birds a dark-colored diving seabird having a long neck and a throat pouch for holding fish.

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cor•mo•rant  (kôr′mər ənt), n. 

1. Birds any of several voracious, totipalmate seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, as Phalacrocorax carbo, of America, Europe, and Asia, having a long neck and a distensible pouch under the bill for holding captured fish, used in China for catching fish.
2. a greedy person.

• Late Latin corvus marīnus sea-raven. See corbel, marine
• Middle French cormorant, Old French cormareng
• Middle English cormera(u)nt 1300–50

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cormorant / ˈkɔːmərənt/ noun

1. any aquatic bird of the family Phalacrocoracidae, of coastal and inland waters, having a dark plumage, a long neck and body, and a slender hooked beak: order Pelecaniformes (pelicans, etc)

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French cormareng, from corp raven, from Latin corvus + -mareng of the sea, from Latin mare sea