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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Several sleek black diving cormorants, along with an osprey, roosted in the branches during a morning visit on Thursday.
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
When fish are stuck in the canal, predators like grebes and cormorants can more easily snatch them.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Apr. 2024
One bird — a Brandt’s cormorant — that had been oiled died over the weekend.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Countless species including these cormorants depend on healthy kelp forests to thrive.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
When fish are stuck in the canal, predators like grebes and cormorants can more easily snatch them.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Apr. 2024
One bird — a Brandt’s cormorant — that had been oiled died over the weekend.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Countless species including these cormorants depend on healthy kelp forests to thrive.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Cormorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cormorant. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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