Brandt's cormorant

noun

A strictly marine bird of the cormorant family that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America (Urile penicillatus).

Meanings

nounBrandt's cormorant (plural Brandt's cormorants)

plural Brandt's cormorants

  1. A strictly marine bird of the cormorant family that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America (Urile penicillatus).

Origin

Named after the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt

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