HyperDic: cormorant

English > 1 sense of the word *cormorant*:
NOUN	animal	cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo	large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish

cormorant > pronunciation
Sounds	kao'rmerahnt
Rhymes	abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt...

English > *cormorant*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish.
Synonym	Phalacrocorax carbo
Member of	Phalacrocorax, genus Phalacrocorax	type genus
Broader	pelecaniform seabird	large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet
Spanish	cormorán, corvejón, cuervo marino, mergo, phalacrocorax
Catalan	corb marí gros, corb marí, cormorà, Phalacrocorax carbo, phalacrocorax