Cormorant

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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. A greedy, rapacious person.
  • adj. Greedy; rapacious.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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
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