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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Infected cormorants wash up on Martha's Vineyard beaches Zoos begin moving birds indoors.
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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
Several sleek black diving cormorants, along with an osprey, roosted in the branches during a morning visit on Thursday.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
When fish are stuck in the canal, predators like grebes and cormorants can more easily snatch them.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Apr. 2024
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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
Several sleek black diving cormorants, along with an osprey, roosted in the branches during a morning visit on Thursday.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
When fish are stuck in the canal, predators like grebes and cormorants can more easily snatch them.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Cormorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cormorant. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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