Cormorant

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɔːmÉ™rÉ™nt/

Origin

From Old French cormaran (modern cormoran), from Medieval Latin corvus marinus ‘sea-raven’.

Full definition of cormorant

Noun

1. Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, especially the great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo.
2. A voracious eater; a glutton.

Adjective

1. Ravenous, greedy.
• William Shakespeare, , Act I, Scene 1Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives,Live regist'red upon our brazen tombs,And then grace us in the disgrace of death;When, spite of cormorant devouring Time,The endeavour of this present breath may buyThat honour which shall bate his scythe's keen edge,And make us heirs of all eternity.