as in pig
one who eats greedily or too much
Diamond Jim Brady was perhaps the most celebrated cormorant of the Gilded Age
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Recent Examples of cormorant
Two chatty kayakers paddled across the bay, while some double-crescent cormorants made a momentary appearance before disappearing into the fog.
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Robert Annis, Outside, 5 Sep. 2025
Sea lion pups are nursing, playing and learning to swim and there are baby pelicans and cormorants all along the cliffs.
—Monica Deeks, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Population control, which sadly includes cormorant culls, has allowed the tree canopy to rebound and at-risk plant species to gain a foothold, but cormorant consensus has been difficult to find.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 23 June 2025
The company logo is the cormorant—the bird from the hat and William’s drawings that served as an early mystery; it was believed that someone wearing a hat with the same logo was responsible for kidnapping Merritt.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2025
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Robert Annis, Outside, 5 Sep. 2025
Sea lion pups are nursing, playing and learning to swim and there are baby pelicans and cormorants all along the cliffs.
—Monica Deeks, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Population control, which sadly includes cormorant culls, has allowed the tree canopy to rebound and at-risk plant species to gain a foothold, but cormorant consensus has been difficult to find.
—Krista Stevens, Longreads, 23 June 2025
The company logo is the cormorant—the bird from the hat and William’s drawings that served as an early mystery; it was believed that someone wearing a hat with the same logo was responsible for kidnapping Merritt.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cormorant
Noun
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The golden pig also holds a full liter of whiskey as opposed to the 750 ml Small Batch version, so there’s some more bang for your buck here.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
11 Nov. 2025
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Manure from cattle, goats, horses, pigs, poultry and sheep all beat your poop.—
Clarence Schmidt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Penny has reported on everything from national civil rights issues to hog farming in Illinois, Georgia, Texas and now Arkansas.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
30 Oct. 2025
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He was baffled as if there does not appear to be any point of access for an animal the size of a ground hog.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Cormorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cormorant. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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