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cormorant

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cor·mo·rant

noun
\ˈkrm-rənt, ˈkr-mə-, ˈkr-mə-ˌrant\

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

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

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