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Cormoraut | a. Ravenous; voracious. [ 1913 Webster ] Cormorant, devouring time. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | Cormorant | n. [ F. cormoran, fr. Armor. mōr-vran a sea raven; mōr sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven. ] 1. (Zool.) 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. [ Written also corvorant. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | cormorant | (คอ'มะเรินทฺ) n. นกกาน้ำ, คนละโมบ, คนตะกละ.adj. ละโมบ, ตะกละ, Syn. greedy |
| | | นกกาน้ำ | [nok kānām] (n) EN: cormorant FR: cormoran [ m ] | นกกาน้ำเล็ก | [nok kānām lek] (n, exp) EN: Little Cormorant FR: Cormoran de Vieillot [ m ] ; Cormoran nègre [ m ] | นกกาน้ำปากยาว | [nok kānām pāk yāo] (n, exp) EN: Indian Cormorant ; Indian Shag FR: Cormoran à cou brun [ m ] ; Cormoran indien [ m ] | นกกาน้ำใหญ่ | [nok kānām yai] (n, exp) EN: Great Cormorant FR: Grand Cormoran [ m ] ; Cormoran commun [ m ] ; Cormoran ordinaire [ m ] |
| | | cormorant | (n) large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish, Syn. Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Cormorant | n. [ F. cormoran, fr. Armor. mōr-vran a sea raven; mōr sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven. ] 1. (Zool.) 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. [ Written also corvorant. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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