Côr'mo-rant, n.
n. [Fr. cormoran, from Arm. & W. môr-vran, a sea-raven, from môr, sea, and bran, raven, with corb, equivalent to Lat. corvus, raven, pleonastically prefixed; but Pr. corpmari, Catalan corbmari, Pg. corvomarinho, are derived from Lat. corvus marinus, sea-raven.]
Sense 1. (Ornith.) A genus of web-footed sea-birds, of the family Pelecanidæ, often called sea-raven, and characterized by great voracity. Baird.
Sense 2. A glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson.