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
Wander the windswept shoreline as waves break at your feet and Brandt’s cormorants wheel through the air.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The pelicans on the water, the diving cormorants and circling ospreys, the stalking great blue herons in the shallows — all are reminders of what’s at stake for Pitt and for the West.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Early indications, as the paddlers approached, were that the breakwaters had done an exceptional job, at least, of recruiting gulls and cormorants.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The pelicans on the water, the diving cormorants and circling ospreys, the stalking great blue herons in the shallows — all are reminders of what’s at stake for Pitt and for the West.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Early indications, as the paddlers approached, were that the breakwaters had done an exceptional job, at least, of recruiting gulls and cormorants.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cormorant
Noun
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In September 1977, a barn fire killed several pigs.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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In tests using an ex vivo pig stomach model, the robot demonstrated that different motion modes were essential for navigating complex internal structures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Later in the year comes the Emancipation Day celebration — no Thanksgiving here — and December’s hog butchering.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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Paired with a 8-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive, the CX-90 has plenty of get up and go, while not being a gas hog on the road.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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