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
The largest species of cormorant on the US Pacific Coast, these marine birds can dive deep below the ocean surface to catch fish and shellfish.
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New Atlas, 17 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
Overall, since 2022, the virus has been detected 372 times in wild birds in Michigan, including in ducks, sparrows, pigeons, starlings, swans, geese, eagles, loons, falcons, cranes, hawks, cormorants, owls and gulls.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 8 Jan. 2025
During the tour, participants view mudflats along the rim of the massive ponds in the north cell, where a host of gulls, plovers and cormorants hang out.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
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New Atlas, 17 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
Overall, since 2022, the virus has been detected 372 times in wild birds in Michigan, including in ducks, sparrows, pigeons, starlings, swans, geese, eagles, loons, falcons, cranes, hawks, cormorants, owls and gulls.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 8 Jan. 2025
During the tour, participants view mudflats along the rim of the massive ponds in the north cell, where a host of gulls, plovers and cormorants hang out.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cormorant
Noun
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Nanos has had a lot of putting perfume on the pig, missteps, translation, F-ups.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
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The pig’s trough of the culture in the present time is not the location of my activity.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Liquid manure in tanks under hog or cattle confinement buildings is pumped to field where it is knifed into the soil.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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That said, Nabers is the biggest target hog in NFL history when on the field, and Jaxson Dart limits the upside of New York’s pass catchers, given all the scrambling.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Cormorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cormorant. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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