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Look up: cormorant

  1. Cormorant
    The cormorant (Phalacrocorax) is a genus of birds of the Pelicaniformes family. They are divers with long necks and strong, solid beaks. There are 30 species.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Cormorant
    Cormorant is a township in Becker County Minnesota, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. cormorant
    [n] - large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. 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 from Latin corvus marinus sea raven.] 1. (Zoology) Any species of Phalacrocorax , a genus of sea birds having a sac under ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/160

  5. cormorant
    Phalacrocorax carbo noun large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. 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.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormorant

  7. 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. 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]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/142

  9. 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...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08135


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