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CORMORANT, n. [Cormorant is supposed to be corrupted from corvus marinus, sea raven. The Welsh also call the fowl morvran, sea crow.]
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.] A voracious eater; a glutton, or
gluttonous servant.
B. Jonson. | ||||||||