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cormorant

cor.mo.rant \'ko.rm-(*-)r*nt, 'ko.r-m*-.rant\ n [ME cormeraunt, fr. MF 
   cormorant, fr. OF cormareng, fr. co]rp raven + marenc of the sea, fr. L 
   marinus 1: any of various dark-colored web-footed voracious seabirds 
   (family Phalac rocoracidae) with a long neck, wedge-shaped tail, hooked 
   bill, and a patch of bare often brightly colored distensible skin under the 
   mouth that are used in eastern Asia for catching fish 2: a gluttonous, 
   greedy, or rapacious person