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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