English-Thai Dictionary
cormorant
N คน โลภ kon-lob
cormorant
N นก กาน้ำ nok-ka-nam
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CORMORANT
n.[Cormorant is supposed to be corrupted from corvus marinus, sea raven. The Welsh also call the fowl morvran, sea crow. ] 1. The water raven, a large fowl of the pelican kind; the head and neck are black; the coverts of the wings, the scapulars and the back are of a deep green, edged with black and glossed with blue. The base of the lower mandible is covered with a naked yellow skin, which extends under the chin and forms a sort of pouch. This fowl occupies the cliffs by the sea, feeds on fish, and is extremely voracious.
2. A glutton.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CORMORANT
Cor `mo *rant (kr "m-rant ), n. Etym: [F. cormoran, fr. Armor. m a sea raven; m sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven. ]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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. B. Jonson.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cormorant
cor mo rant |ˈkôrmərənt ˈkɔrmərənt | ▶noun a large diving bird with a long neck, long hooked bill, short legs, and mainly dark plumage. It typically breeds on coastal cliffs and is noted for its voracious appetite. [Genus Phalacrocorax (and Nannopterum ), family Phalacrocoracidae: numerous species, in particular the widespread great (or European ) cormorant (P. carbo ) and the North American double-crested cormorant (P. auritus ).] ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French cormaran, from medieval Latin corvus marinus ‘sea raven. ’ The final -t is on the pattern of words such as peasant .
Oxford Dictionary
cormorant
cormorant |ˈkɔːm (ə )r (ə )nt | ▶noun a rather large diving bird with a long neck, long hooked bill, short legs, and mainly dark plumage. It typically breeds on coastal cliffs. ●Genus Phalacrocorax (and Nannopterum ), family Phalacrocoracidae: numerous species, in particular the widespread ( great ) cormorant (P. carbo ). ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French cormaran, from medieval Latin corvus marinus ‘sea raven ’. The final -t is on the pattern of words such as peasant .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
cormorant
cor mo rant /kɔ́ː r m (ə )r (ə )nt /名詞 C 1 〘鳥 〙鵜 （う ）.2 欲張りな [食い意地の張った ]人 .
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