as in pigs
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 cormorants
The image was captured in January in La Jolla, California, when cormorants were building their nests.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 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
Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cormorants
Noun
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Alana finds joy in feeding cows and pigs, collecting eggs from chickens, and meeting horses and llamas.—
Jordan Owens,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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In the summers, cattle graze across the acreage, with the ranch currently running about 200 cow-calf pairs, along with horses, chickens, and a few pigs.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The United Soybean Board is investing in research into the benefits of using soybeans to feed dairy cows and hogs.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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To work them to death no more a sin than to butcher a hog.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Cormorants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cormorants. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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