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cormorant

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1. cormorant - Noun

2. cormorant - Adjective

Meaning

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.

A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The BC RCMP finally called for urgent support from the Canadian Armed Forces who immediately dispatched both a Buffalo fixed-wing SAR aircraft and a Cormorant SAR helicopter to the scene to assist with a medevac rescue. Source: Internet

Nearby Bird Caye hosts the nesting grounds of some 30 species including the cormorant, spoonbill, a variety of ducks, avocets, and the both the greater and reddish egret. Source: Internet

The double-crested cormorant, the species now common throughout the Bay, is a large, heavy-bodied black seabird with a sharp beak (curved at the end for catching fish) and a small patch of yellow-orange facial coloring. Source: Internet

Since 1994 a subspecies of great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, has nested there as well. Source: Internet

This island has been declared a natural reserve for the particular species of seabirds living on it (royal seagull, cormorant and peregrine falcon). Source: Internet

Not long after the Cormorant project ended, engineers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Carderock a submersible aircraft for special operations. Source: Internet

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