Noun: cormorant kor-mu-runt
- Large voracious dark-coloured long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
"In some parts of China, fishermen still use trained cormorants to catch fish";
- Phalacrocorax carbo
Derived forms: cormorants
Type of: pelecaniform seabird
Part of: genus Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax
Encyclopedia: Cormorant, Manitoba, Canada