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cor·mo·rant
/ˈkɔrmrənt, ˈkɔrmə, ˈkɔrməˌrænt/
鸕□,貪婪的人(
a
.)貪婪的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cor·mo·rant
n.
1.
Zool.
Any
species
of
Phalacrocorax
,
a
genus
of
sea
birds
having
a
sac
under
the
beak
;
the
shag
.
Cormorants
devour
fish
voraciously
,
and
have
become
the
emblem
of
gluttony
.
They
are
generally
black
,
and
hence
are
called
sea ravens
,
and
coalgeese
. [
Written
also
corvorant
.]
2.
A
voracious
eater
;
a
glutton
,
or
gluttonous
servant
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
cormorant
n
:
large
voracious
dark-colored
long-necked
seabird
with
a
distensible
pouch
for
holding
fish
;
used
in
Asia
to
catch
fish
[
syn
:
Phalacrocorax carbo
]
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Cormorant
(
Lev
. 11:17;
Deut
. 14:17),
Heb
.
shalak
, "
plunging
,"
or
"
darting
down
," (
the
Phalacrocorax
carbo
),
ranked
among
the
"
unclean
"
birds
;
of
the
same
family
group
as
the
pelican
.
It
is
a
"
plunging
"
bird
,
and
is
common
on
the
coasts
and
the
island
seas
of
Palestine
.
Some
think
the
Hebrew
word
should
be
rendered
"
gannet
" (
Sula
bassana
, "
the
solan
goose
");
others
that
it
is
the
"
tern
"
or
"
sea
swallow
,"
which
also
frequents
the
coasts
of
Palestine
as
well
as
the
Sea
of
Galilee
and
the
Jordan
valley
during
several
months
of
the
year
.
But
there
is
no
reason
to
depart
from
the
ordinary
rendering
.
In
Isa
. 34:11,
Zeph
. 2:14 (
but
in
R.V., "
pelican
")
the
Hebrew
word
rendered
by
this
name
is
_ka'ath_.
It
is
translated
"
pelican
" (q.v.)
in
Ps
. 102:6.
The
word
literally
means
the
"
vomiter
,"
and
the
pelican
is
so
called
from
its
vomiting
the
shells
and
other
things
which
it
has
voraciously
swallowed
. (
See
PELICAN
.)
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