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1. Cormorant
   The USS Cormorant is an American Osprey Class mine hunter. The Osprey Class ships are the world's largest glass reinforced plastic (GRP) ships and are the first United States Navy ships designed solely for mine hunting. The technique used to locate mines is by high definition sonar and the mines are...
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2. cormorant
   [n] - large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish
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3. Cormorant
   Cor'mo·rant (kôr'mo*r a nt) noun [ French cormoran , from Armor. mōr-vran a sea raven; mōr sea + bran raven, with cor , equiv. to Latin corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perhaps f...
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4. cormorant
   Phalacrocorax carbo noun large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
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5. Cormorant
   • (n.) A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. • (n.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese.
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6. cormorant
   any member of about 26 to 30 species of water birds comprising the family Phalacrocoracidae (order Pelecaniformes). In the Orient and elsewhere these ... [1 related articles]
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7. cormorant
   cormorant (kôr'murunt) , common name for large aquatic birds, related to the gannet and the pelican, and found chiefly in temperate and tropical regions, usually on the sea but also on inland waters. Cormorants are 2 to 3 ft (61–92 cm) long, with thick, generally dark plumage and gre...
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8. Cormorant
   The cormorant (Phalacrocorax) so named from the Latin meaning sea-crow, is a genus of birds of the Pelican (Pelicaniformes) family or sometimes forming a family by themselves. They have a longish and strongly-hooked bill, long neck, short wings, and rather long rounded tail; all the toes are united ...
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9. cormorant
   Any of various diving seabirds, mainly of the genus Phalacrocorax, order Pelecaniformes, about 90 cm/3 ft long, with webbed feet, a long neck, hooked beak, and glossy black plumage. Cormorants generally feed on fish and shellfish, which they catch by swimming and diving under water, sometimes to a considerable depth. They col...
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10. Cormorant
    The bird family `Phalacrocoracidae` is represented by some 40 species of `cormorants and shags`. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, and the number of genera is disputed. Names : There is no consistent distinction between cormorants and shags. The names "...
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11. Cormorant
    (album) `Cormorant` is the tenth album from Shriekback, released in 2005. It centers around Barry Andrews with former members of the band, Martyn Barker, Wendy Partridge, and Mark Raudva, Andrews` son, Finn, and fellow XTC alum, Andy Partridge. Track listing: # Ronny - 4:22 # Sea Theor...
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