Associations to the word «Cormorant»

Pictures for the word «Cormorant»

Wiktionary

CORMORANT, noun. Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, especially the great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo.
CORMORANT, noun. A voracious eater; a glutton.
CORMORANT, adjective. Ravenous, greedy.

Dictionary definition

CORMORANT, noun. Large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats