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• Cormorant Island — Geography Location Antarctica Coordinates 64°48′S 63°58′W …   Wikipedia

• cormorant — ► NOUN ▪ a large diving seabird with a long neck, long hooked bill, and mainly black plumage. ORIGIN Old French cormaran, from Latin corvus marinus sea raven …   English terms dictionary

• cormorant — [kôr′mə rənt] n. [ME cormoraunt < OFr cormareng < corp marenc < L corvus marinus < corvus,RAVEN1 + marinus,MARINE] 1. any of a family (Phalacrocoracidae) of large, voracious, pelecaniform diving birds with webbed toes and a hooked… …   English World dictionary

• Cormorant — Cormorants and shags Temporal range: Late Cretaceous? – Recent …   Wikipedia

• Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River — Keisai Eisen s print of Gōdo juku,part of the The Sixty nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River (ぎふ長良川の鵜飼, Gifu Nagaragawa no Ukai …   Wikipedia

• cormorant fishing — the use of tame cormorants (Phalacrocorax spp.) to catch fish, originating in China and also seen in Japan, Korea and other parts of Asia, and, later, as a hobby in Europe. The cormorant wears a ring around the neck to prevent large fish being… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• cormorant — UK [ˈkɔː(r)mərənt] / US [ˈkɔrmərənt] noun [countable] Word forms cormorant : singular cormorant plural cormorants a large dark coloured bird with a long neck that lives near the sea and eats fish …   English dictionary

• cormorant — /ˈkɔmərənt / (say kawmuhruhnt) noun 1. any of various large, web footed, black or pied waterbirds of the genus Phalacrocorax, family Phalacrocoracidae, having a long neck and a pouch under the bill in which fish are held; often seen standing in… …  

• cormorant — 1. noun /ˈkɔːmərənt/ Any of various medium large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, especially the great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo. 2. adjective /ˈkɔːmərənt/ Ravenous, greedy. Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives …   Wiktionary

• cormorant — cor|mo|rant [ˈko:mərənt US ˈko:r ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: cormareng, from corp raven (= large black bird) + mareng of the sea (from Latin marinus; MARINE)] a large black sea bird which has a long neck and eats fish …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cormorant — cor|mo|rant [ kɔrmərənt ] noun count a large dark colored bird with a long neck that lives near the ocean and eats fish …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English