Meaning cormorant
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cormorantearly 14c., from Old French cormarenc (12c., Modern French cormoran), from Late Latin corvus marinus "sea raven" + Germanic suffix -enc, -ing. The -t in English probably is from confusion wi [..]
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cormorantCormorant [N] [S]( Leviticus 11:17 ; Deuteronomy 14:17 ), Heb. shalak, "plunging," or "darting down," (the Phalacrocorax carbo), ranked among the "unclean" birds; of the [..]
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cormoranttype of seabird.
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cormorantInsatiably greedy. A cormorant is a bird known for its massive appetite.
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cormorant(Lev. 11:17; Deut. 14:17), Heb. shalak, "plunging," or "darting down," (the Phalacrocorax carbo), ranked among the "unclean" birds; of the same family group as the pelica [..]
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cormorantthe representative in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew words kaath and shalac . As to the former, see Pelican. Shalac occurs only as the name of an unclean bird in (Leviticus 11:17; 14:17) The wor [..]
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cormorant(n) large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
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cormorantA dark-coloured web-footed fish-eating bird.
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