cormorant
10 synonyms for cormorant, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A large black seabird that dives underwater to catch fish, found in most parts of the world.
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Etymology
PIE word *ḱorh₂wós From Middle English cormeraunt (“great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo); other types of aquatic bird”) [and other forms], from Old French cormaran, cor-maraunt [and other forms] (modern French cormoran), possibly variants of *corp-marin, from Medieval Latin corvus marīnus (literally “sea-raven”), with...
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