Though 'cormorant' refers to a bird type, it's not just any bird—it's specific to ones that dive for fish.

Bird Species

'Cormorant' usually implies the bird's habitat is by large bodies of water, like seas or lakes.

Habitat Specific

Cormorants are mostly dark-plumaged, which can be important for visual identification.

Color Description

When used to describe a person, 'cormorant' is metaphorical, indicating someone's excessive appetite.

Figurative Use

Calling someone a cormorant often has a negative connotation, suggesting they're selfish or wasteful.

Negative Connotation

 And scientists are currently studying birds like cormorants, and other seabirds in this area. For how they've accumulated the toxic chemicals coming out of plastic. They're fantastic indicators of what the ecosystem is showing in terms of pollution. And it's such a shame because these are really, really important breeding sites

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 flightless cormorants guano's all living side by side with fur seals and penguins right on the equator it became his laboratory for the study of origins of life