cormorant
noun/ˈkɔːmərənt/
/ˈkɔːrmərənt/
- a large black bird with a long neck that lives near the sea or other areas of water
- In China and Japan fishing with cormorants is still practised today.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cormaran, from medieval Latin corvus marinus ‘sea raven’. The final -t is on the pattern of words such as peasant.
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