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单词 cormorant
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cormorant

noun

cor·​mo·​rant ˈkȯrm-rənt How to pronounce cormorant (audio)
ˈkȯr-mə-,
ˈkȯr-mə-ˌrant
1
: any of various dark-colored web-footed waterbirds (family Phalacrocoracidae, especially genus Phalacrocorax) that have a long neck, hooked bill, and distensible throat pouch
2
: a gluttonous, greedy, or rapacious person

Illustration of cormorant

Illustration of cormorant

Synonyms

  • glutton
  • gorger
  • gormandizer
  • gourmand
  • hog
  • overeater
  • pig
  • stuffer
  • swiller
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Example Sentences

Diamond Jim Brady was perhaps the most celebrated cormorant of the Gilded Age.
Recent Examples on the Web Other sightings around the Cape included 4 continuing little blue herons at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, a blue-winged warbler in Eastham, a black vulture in Orleans, and a great cormorant in Provincetown Harbor. BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Marine birds also included mallards, common scoters (a large sea duck), geese, cormorants, gannets, shags, auks, egrets and loons. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Mar. 2020 Otters and sea lions bask on the jetty; pumpkin orange sea stars are visible in the clear water, and cormorants and gulls circle above the rock. Dallas News, 4 May 2020 There weren’t any cormorants perched on the rocks—a sign that the fish hadn’t arrived in numbers yet—but the sight of all that tan water sliding by was reassuring. Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 16 Apr. 2020 The island, located 620 miles east of mainland Ecuador, is home to a number of species, including iguanas, penguins, flightless cormorants and rats. Fox News, 15 Jan. 2020 The little rocky outpost is a sanctuary for a number of bird species with vulnerable populations, including great black-backed and herring gulls, as well as cormorants and shags. Ryan Prior, CNN, 23 Oct. 2019 Common and Roseate Terns, as well as other species that include American Oystercatchers, Northern Gannets and cormorants, all depend on those types of forage fish, experts said. Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 5 Dec. 2019 About 5 percent of surviving ducks and a third of living pelicans/cormorants ‘‘show some sign of injury or impaired movement.’’The storm packed 3-inch hail and winds gusting to 74 miles per hour. Matthew Cappucci, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English cormeraunt, from Middle French cormorant, from Old French cormareng, from corp raven + marenc of the sea, from Latin marinus — more at corbel, marine

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

cormorant

noun

cor·​mo·​rant ˈkȯr-mə-rənt How to pronounce cormorant (audio)
: a black seabird with webbed feet, a long neck, and a slender hooked beak

cormorant

noun

as in pig
one who eats greedily or too much Diamond Jim Brady was perhaps the most celebrated cormorant of the Gilded Age

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pig
  • hog
  • glutton
  • gorger
  • swiller
  • gormandizer
  • overeater
  • trencherman
  • feaster
  • stuffer
  • gourmand
  • guzzler
  • muncher

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dieter
  • picker
  • nibbler
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