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Noun
/ˈkôrmərənt/,
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cormorants, plural;
  1. A large diving bird with a long neck, long hooked bill, short legs, and mainly dark plumage. It typically breeds on coastal cliffs and is noted for its voracious appetite

  2. An insatiably greedy person or thing

  1. large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
  2. The bird family Phalacrocoracidae is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, and the number of genera is disputed.
  3. The Cormorant is a project currently under development at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works research facility. It is named after a species of bird.
  4. Cormorant is the tenth album from Shriekback, released in 2005. It centers around Barry Andrews with former members of the band, Martyn Barker, Wendy Partridge, and Mark Raudva, Andrews' son, Finn, and fellow XTC alum, Andy Partridge.
  5. Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, especially the great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo; Ravenous, greedy
  6. (Leviticus 11:17; Deuteronomy 14:17), very frequently met with on the coasts, rivers, and lakes of Palestine, probably corresponds to the shãlãk of the Hebrew, although this name, which means "the plunger", might be applied to some other plunging bird.
  7. (Lev 11:17; Deu 14:17), Heb. shalak , "plunging," or "darting down (the Phalacrocorax carbo), ranked among the "unclean" birds; of the same family group as the pelican. It is a "plunging" bird, and is common on the coasts and the island seas of Palestine. ...
  8. Chemical found in the human body during moments of contentment.
  9. bird -used captive in china for fishingng
  10. A large black voracious sea bird.
  11. A dark, hook-billed sea bird