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
Then, over Labor Day weekend, one of the zoo’s cormorants died, as did a pheasant, a bald eagle, and three flamingos.
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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
Colorful eels, octopuses, swell sharks, snowy plovers, lobsters, horn sharks, poppy flowers, pelicans, Western gulls, and cormorants are many of the creatures popping from the wall’s canvas.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
Now, the pond was murky, and a cormorant stood hunting at the water’s edge.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
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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
Colorful eels, octopuses, swell sharks, snowy plovers, lobsters, horn sharks, poppy flowers, pelicans, Western gulls, and cormorants are many of the creatures popping from the wall’s canvas.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
Now, the pond was murky, and a cormorant stood hunting at the water’s edge.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 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
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In the center of the card, next to a phone pole, is a hog roaming the dirt Main Street — with what seems to be several smaller pigs.—
Ray Hanley,
Arkansas Online,
11 Apr. 2025
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Other significant storage hogs included 33.92GB of Photos, 16.37GB of Spotify, and an unexpected 7.63GB in Notes.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Cormorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cormorant. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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