cormorant

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Word Origin

cormorant
cormorant: [13] In early medieval times the cormorant was named ‘sea raven’ – that is, in Latin, corvus marīnus. This passed into Old French first as cormareng, which later became cormaran. English adopted it and added a final t. The word’s origins are still evident in Portuguese corvo marinho ‘cormorant’.=> marine
cormorant (n.)
early 14c., from Old French cormarenc (12c., Modern French cormoran), from Late Latin corvus marinus "sea raven" + Germanic suffix -enc, -ing. The -t in English probably is from confusion with words in -ant. It has a reputation for voracity.

Example

1. A cormorant feeding his child -- with partially digested fish , retrieved from deep in his gullet -- appears almost to be consuming it .
2. A cormorant returns with its catch at dawn in the pantanal , a vast wetland that sprawls across brazil , bolivia , and paraguay .
3. The exciting cormorant fishing performance is over there .
4. Table 1 loss rate of cormorant nests in incubati 0n .
5. The fisherman who taught us the art of cormorant fishing .

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