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
But the real sell is a small-ship safari through the Danube Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage site set across 580,000 hectares, home to over 300 species of birds from pygmy cormorants to Europe’s largest population of white pelicans.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 11 Jan. 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, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
Then, over Labor Day weekend, one of the zoo’s cormorants died, as did a pheasant, a bald eagle, and three flamingos.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
While the eruption posed no risk to humans, the island is home to a number of species, including iguanas, penguins and flightless cormorants.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 11 Jan. 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, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
Then, over Labor Day weekend, one of the zoo’s cormorants died, as did a pheasant, a bald eagle, and three flamingos.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
While the eruption posed no risk to humans, the island is home to a number of species, including iguanas, penguins and flightless cormorants.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cormorant
Noun
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The farm is home to a small flock of sheep, chickens, pigs, cows, and other barnyard animals.—
Pamela Brown,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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The ruling cadre of pigs gradually betrays the farm animals’ revolution.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There also appears to be a wild hog hopped up on meth.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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Michelle McKenzie is a farmer at Bellair Farm and CSA in Charlottesville, Virginia, which grows vegetables and raises pastured cattle, hogs, broilers, and laying hens.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Cormorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cormorant. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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