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cormorant definition

cor·mo·rant (kôr′mə rənt)

noun

  1. any of a family (Phalacrocoracidae) of large, voracious, pelecaniform diving birds with webbed toes and a hooked beak
  2. a greedy person

Etymology: ME cormoraunt < OFr cormareng < corp marenc < L corvus marinus < corvus, raven + marinus, marine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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