Cormorant French Kor Mur Unt Muh Rant Noun Seabirds Family Phalacrocoracidae

1. Any of the seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, having a hooked bill with a pouch under it, a long neck and webbed feet.

2. A greedy person.

[Middle English cormeraunt, from Middle French cormorant, from Old French cormareng, from corp, raven + marenc, of the sea, from Latin marinus.]

"The source of these outrages is known, and if they are repeated I have Mr. Holmes's authority for saying that the whole story concerning the politician, the lighthouse, and the trained cormorant will be given to the public." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger.