The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. Any of several large, widely distributed marine diving birds of the genus Phalacrocorax, having dark plumage, webbed feet, a slender hooked bill, and a distensible pouch.
n. Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, especially the great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo.
n. A voracious eater; a glutton.
adj. Ravenous, greedy.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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.
n. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A large totipalmate swimming and diving bird of the family Phalacrocoracidæ (which see for technical characters).
n. A greedy fellow; a glutton.
n. A very avaricious person; a miser; a curmudgeon.
Having the qualities of a cormorant; greedy; rapacious; insatiable.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
Word Usage
"When we finally struck the long-sought for pools there were no duck, leastwise, but two, and some snake-birds, as they call a cormorant here that has a neck like an"