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cormorant
noun
cor·mo·rant
ˈkȯrm-rənt 
ˈkȯr-mə-,
ˈkȯr-mə-ˌrant
1
: any of various dark-colored web-footed waterbirds (family Phalacrocoracidae, especially genus Phalacrocorax) that have a long neck, hooked bill, and distensible throat pouch
2
: a gluttonous, greedy, or rapacious person
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Diamond Jim Brady was perhaps the most celebrated cormorant of the Gilded Age.
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But the real sell is a small-ship safari through the Danube Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage site set across 580,000 hectares, home to over 300 species of birds from pygmy cormorants to Europe’s largest population of white pelicans.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Overall, since 2022, the virus has been detected 372 times in wild birds in Michigan, including in ducks, sparrows, pigeons, starlings, swans, geese, eagles, loons, falcons, cranes, hawks, cormorants, owls and gulls.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
Then, over Labor Day weekend, one of the zoo’s cormorants died, as did a pheasant, a bald eagle, and three flamingos.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
While the eruption posed no risk to humans, the island is home to a number of species, including iguanas, penguins and flightless cormorants.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Overall, since 2022, the virus has been detected 372 times in wild birds in Michigan, including in ducks, sparrows, pigeons, starlings, swans, geese, eagles, loons, falcons, cranes, hawks, cormorants, owls and gulls.
—Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
Then, over Labor Day weekend, one of the zoo’s cormorants died, as did a pheasant, a bald eagle, and three flamingos.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
While the eruption posed no risk to humans, the island is home to a number of species, including iguanas, penguins and flightless cormorants.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
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“Cormorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cormorant. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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cormorant
noun
cor·mo·rant
ˈkȯrm-(ə-)rənt
ˈkȯr-mə-ˌrant
: any of various dark-colored web-footed seabirds with a long neck, a hooked bill, and a patch of bare often brightly colored skin under the mouth
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