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Meanings of Phalacrocorax carbo in English

Portuguese
cormorão
Catalan
corb marí
Spanish
phalacrocorax

Large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish.

        cormorão
        Synonyms
        Examples for "cormorant"
        Examples for "cormorant"
        1
        The rarity is the crowned cormorant, whose pairing numbers are also increasing.
        The South African
        2
        The envoys are perceived as the cormorant reification of their remote controllers.
        Financial Crime and Corruption
        3
        Nearer, a black cormorant floated sleepily along, and dived, and rose again.
        Two Years Ago, Volume I
        4
        Nick, you're a cormorant, if there ever was one in this world!
        Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
        5
        No one has a good word to say for the cormorant.
        The Irish Times
        Translations for Phalacrocorax carbo
        Portuguese
        cormorãobiguá