CORMORANT Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

cormorant

noun

ˈkȯrm-rənt

Definition of cormorant

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 team mapped cormorants’ nests in the cliffs above La Jolla Cove and saw the first eggs of the year in January. — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026 Cape Town, South Africa The Cape sugarbird, Cape rockjumper, orange-breasted sunbird and bank cormorant are some of the endemic birds that draw nature lovers to Cape Town. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 27 May 2026 Our view looked out over a small pond—perfect for birding, as cormorants regularly took up post on a tree there—and the ocean beyond. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026 Among its meanders, islands and beaches, there are storks, herons, cormorants and kingfishers. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cormorant

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Actress Samantha Morton, who played Circe, molded the men into pigs using animatronics and other effects.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Calderon agrees that the price of pigs feet could be an issue.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

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Fishmeal helped fuel the post-World War II expansion of industrial chicken and hog farming, particularly in Europe and the United States.

— Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Bubba’s had been closed for an extended period while Miller recovered from spinal fusion surgery that left him unable to load hogs onto a smoker.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of hog

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