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Cor"mo*rant (kôr"m&osl;*rant),
n. [F. cormoran, fr. Armor.
mōr-vran a sea raven; mōr sea +
bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus
raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus
marinus sea raven.] 1. (Zoöl.)
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.]

2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or
gluttonous servant. B. Jonson.

Cor"mo*raut, a. Ravenous;
voracious.

Cormorant, devouring time.

Shak.

||Cor"mus (kôr"mŭs),
n. [NL., fr. Gr. kormo`s the trunk
of a tree (with the boughs cut off), fr. kei`rein to
shear.


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