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CORMORANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
Synonyms:
cormorant; Phalacrocorax carbo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cormorant" is a kind of...):
pelecaniform seabird (large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet)
Holonyms ("cormorant" is a member of...):
genus Phalacrocorax; Phalacrocorax (type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae)
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