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noun cor·mo·rant \ˈkȯrm-rÉ™nt, ˈkȯr-mÉ™-, ˈkȯr-mÉ™-ËŒrant\

: a type of dark-colored bird that has a long neck and that eats fish that it catches in the ocean

Full Definition of CORMORANT

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

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Examples of CORMORANT

1. <Diamond Jim Brady was perhaps the most celebrated cormorant of the Gilded Age.>

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Origin of CORMORANT

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

Related to CORMORANT

Synonyms

glutton, gorger, gormandizer, gourmand, hog, overeater, pig, stuffer, swiller

Related Words

feaster, trencherman; muncher; guzzler

Near Antonyms

dieter, nibbler, picker

Rhymes with CORMORANT

adamant, commandant, complaisant, confidant, confidante, corposant, Corybant, covenant, dilettante, disenchant, gallivant, hierophant, interplant, pitcher plant, power plant, rubber plant, spider plant, sycophant