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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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cor·vo·rant n. See Cormorant.
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