CORMORANTS Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

cormorants

noun

plural of cormorant

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 For millennia, millions of seabirds, including guanay cormorants, Peruvian boobies and pelicans, had nested on rocky outcrops along South America’s arid Pacific coast. — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026 Four-year-old Juni Wahab was entranced by the sight of the swallows and cormorants swooping low overhead and the rushing twists of water. — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 Eagles, egrets, cormorants and herons are fishing, too. — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 25 June 2026 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 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 Many other birds make their home here, including bald eagles and cormorants. — Kara Williams, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026 And for the tireless efforts of the Society’s 2,000 members and donors, the basin remains a destination for nature lovers who track white pelicans, geese, cormorants, herons and other birds in a 2,150-acre playground filled with native plants. — Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Nathu is told that the carcass is required for veterinary purposes, but it is later placed on the steps of a mosque to provoke Muslim anger since pigs are traditionally considered unclean in Islam.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
The daughter of Helios, the sun god, Circe famously turns Odysseus' men into pigs but fails to curse the protagonist himself.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of pigs

Noun

The students and club members raise cows, goats, lambs, hogs, turkeys and more, spending hours feeding and training them daily and preparing them for showing.

— Heather McRea, Oc Register, 25 July 2026
From armrest hogs to aisle rushers, a new survey reveals the in-flight behaviors that frustrate American travelers most.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 21 July 2026

Definition of hogs

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