Cormorant
noun
A large and mostly dark-colored bird that eats fish and lives near the sea or a lake.
The cormorant dove into the sea to catch a fish.
Often appears as...
- double-crested cormorant
- great cormorant
noun
Someone who eats or uses up too much and wastes resources.
His boss was a real cormorant, consuming all the office supplies and never replacing them.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
noun
A large and mostly dark-colored bird that eats fish and lives near the sea or a lake.
The cormorant dove into the sea to catch a fish.
Often appears as...
- double-crested cormorant
- great cormorant
noun
Someone who eats or uses up too much and wastes resources.
His boss was a real cormorant, consuming all the office supplies and never replacing them.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
Though 'cormorant' refers to a bird type, it's not just any bird—it's specific to ones that dive for fish.
During our lake trip, we spotted a cormorant in the midst of its dive.
Pro Tip 2/3Habitat Specific
'Cormorant' usually implies the bird's habitat is by large bodies of water, like seas or lakes.
The cormorants on the coastline were a sign we were near the ocean.
Pro Tip 3/3Color Description
Cormorants are mostly dark-plumaged, which can be important for visual identification.
The bird's dark feathers glistened—yet another cormorant among the rocks.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
Though 'cormorant' refers to a bird type, it's not just any bird—it's specific to ones that dive for fish.
During our lake trip, we spotted a cormorant in the midst of its dive.
Pro Tip 2/3Habitat Specific
'Cormorant' usually implies the bird's habitat is by large bodies of water, like seas or lakes.
The cormorants on the coastline were a sign we were near the ocean.
Pro Tip 3/3Color Description
Cormorants are mostly dark-plumaged, which can be important for visual identification.
The bird's dark feathers glistened—yet another cormorant among the rocks.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Species
Though 'cormorant' refers to a bird type, it's not just any bird—it's specific to ones that dive for fish.
During our lake trip, we spotted a cormorant in the midst of its dive.
Pro Tip 2/3Habitat Specific
'Cormorant' usually implies the bird's habitat is by large bodies of water, like seas or lakes.
The cormorants on the coastline were a sign we were near the ocean.
Pro Tip 3/3Color Description
Cormorants are mostly dark-plumaged, which can be important for visual identification.
The bird's dark feathers glistened—yet another cormorant among the rocks.
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And scientists are currently studying birds like cormorants, and other seabirds in this area. For how they've accumulated the toxic chemicals coming out of plastic. They're fantastic indicators of what the ecosystem is showing in terms of pollution. And it's such a shame because these are really, really important breeding sites
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flightless cormorants guano's all living side by side with fur seals and penguins right on the equator it became his laboratory for the study of origins of life
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Finding Baby Seals on an...
And scientists are currently studying birds like cormorants, and other seabirds in this area. For how they've accumulated the toxic chemicals coming out of plastic. They're fantastic indicators of what the ecosystem is showing in terms of pollution. And it's such a shame because these are really, really important breeding sites
Video examples
Galapagos PIPE Exploring...
flightless cormorants guano's all living side by side with fur seals and penguins right on the equator it became his laboratory for the study of origins of life
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