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nounSynonym of cormorant.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷerh₃-“to devour, eat; to swallow”
- Latinvorantem
- Englishcorvorant
A modification, due to folk etymology, of cormorant by combining it with Latin vorantem, the accusative masculine or feminine singular of vorāns (“devouring; swallowing up”), the present active participle of vorō (“to devour, eat greedily; to swallow up”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour, eat; to swallow”).
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corvorant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corvorant
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