cormorant (redirected from Cormorants)

cor·mo·rant  (kôrmr-nt, -m-rnt)

n.

1. 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.

2. A greedy, rapacious person.

adj.

Greedy; rapacious.

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[Middle English cormoraunt, from Old French cormorant : corp, raven; see corbel + marenc, of the sea (from Latin marnus; see marine).]

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cormorant

Noun

a large dark-coloured long-necked sea bird [Old French corp raven + -mareng of the sea]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cormorant - large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish Phalacrocorax carbo pelecaniform seabird - large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet genus Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax - type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae

Translations

cormorant [ˈkɔːmərnt] n → cormorán m

cormorant [ˈkɔːmərnt] n → cormorant m

cormorant [ˈkɔːmərnt] n → Kormoran m

cormorant [ˈkɔːmərnt] n → cormorano