cormorant

Related topics: Birds

cor·mo·rant /ˈkɔːmərənt $ ˈkɔːr-/ noun [countableC]

HBBa large black seabird which has a long neck and eats fish 鸬鹚

Examples from the Corpus

cormorant• And the water is again perfectly blue, the gulls and cormorants fishing as always.• Icebergs that last for a week or longer provide perches for bald eagles, cormorants and gulls.• A nesting cormorant glared at us with green eyes, its black feathers glossed with a purple sheen.• Swimming among the flooded trees are great rafts of cormorants, often 5,000 strong.• Maybe the cormorants were staying home today.• It was easier to act out the cormorant fishing.• Among those first to die were cormorants and black-necked grebes.• Seabirds were badly affected, with cormorants and black-necked grebes being among the first to die.

Origin cormorant

(1200-1300) Old French cormareng, from corp “raven (= large black bird)” + mareng “of the sea” (from Latin marinus; → MARINE)

单词	cormorant
释义	cormorant Related topics: Birds cor·mo·rant /ˈkɔːmərənt $ ˈkɔːr-/ noun [countableC] HBBa large black seabird which has a long neck and eats fish 鸬鹚 Examples from the Corpus cormorant• And the water is again perfectly blue, the gulls and cormorants fishing as always.• Icebergs that last for a week or longer provide perches for bald eagles, cormorants and gulls.• A nesting cormorant glared at us with green eyes, its black feathers glossed with a purple sheen.• Swimming among the flooded trees are great rafts of cormorants, often 5,000 strong.• Maybe the cormorants were staying home today.• It was easier to act out the cormorant fishing.• Among those first to die were cormorants and black-necked grebes.• Seabirds were badly affected, with cormorants and black-necked grebes being among the first to die. Origin cormorant (1200-1300) Old French cormareng, from corp “raven (= large black bird)” + mareng “of the sea” (from Latin marinus; → MARINE)
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