A large and voracious sea-bird (Phalacrocorax carbo), about 3 feet in length, and of a lustrous black colour, widely diffused over the northern…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > family Phalacrocoracidae > member of (cormorant) (13) cormorantc1320 A large and voracious sea-bird (Phalacrocorax carbo), about 3 feet in length, and of a lustrous black colour, widely diffused over the northern… plungeon1480 A diving bird; spec. a cormorant. Obsolete. gormaw?a1513 The cormorant. scart1513 The Cormorant, Phalocrocorax carbo. Also applied to the Shag, P. graculus. sea-coot1575 †(a) the cormorant; (b) the guillemot (see coot, n.1 1); (c) a scoter of the genus Œdemia (Cent. Dict.); (d) the American coot (see coot, n.1 2). sea-crow1579 A local name for various birds: (a) the cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo; (b) the pewit-gull, Larus ridibundus; (c) the chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus… scrath16.. = scart, n.1, scarf, n.4 sea-raven1611 The cormorant. sea-drake1632 a cormorant or sea-crow; also U.S., the male eider-duck. storta1661 Error for scart, n.1 (cormorant). scarf1668 A cormorant or a shag. diver1766 Any of various waterbirds noted for their power of diving; esp. (a) a grebe, as the little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis; (b) a diving duck, as (more… Isle of Wight parson1806 Chiefly British regional. An animal or bird which is black or black and white in colour, as a black rabbit, a black lamb, a puffin, or (more fully †… |
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