cormorant

cormorant is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant.
3. noun. large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish

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