as in pig
one who eats greedily or too much
Diamond Jim Brady was perhaps the most celebrated cormorant of the Gilded Age
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Before long, everyone was floating downstream again, amid a succession of kingfishers, herons, and cormorants.
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Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Stretches of sandy beach lie on the other side of the seawall, and cormorants sit on the rocks of the stone breakwaters watching over the ferries running from New London to Orient Point.
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—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024
Infected cormorants wash up on Martha's Vineyard beaches Zoos begin moving birds indoors.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 15 June 2024
Simply not randomly shooting ravens, hawks and eagles, along with banning the harmful pesticide DDT, allowed many species, like eagles, cormorants and osprey, to return from the brink.
—John Myers, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
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Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
Stretches of sandy beach lie on the other side of the seawall, and cormorants sit on the rocks of the stone breakwaters watching over the ferries running from New London to Orient Point.
Find the survey here: https://forms.office.com/g/ypasK4PdVy.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024
Infected cormorants wash up on Martha's Vineyard beaches Zoos begin moving birds indoors.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 15 June 2024
Simply not randomly shooting ravens, hawks and eagles, along with banning the harmful pesticide DDT, allowed many species, like eagles, cormorants and osprey, to return from the brink.
—John Myers, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for cormorant
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“Cormorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cormorant. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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