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单词 cormorant
释义 cormorant
 /kawr"meuhr euhnt/,  n.  
  1. any of several voracious, totipalmate seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, as Phalacrocorax carbo, of America, Europe, and Asia, having a long neck and a distensible pouch under the bill for holding captured fish, used in China for catching fish.
  2. a greedy person.
 [1300-50; ME cormera(u)nt < MF cormorant, OF cormareng < LL corvus marinus sea-raven. See CORBEL, MARINE]
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