Meanings
nounflightless cormorant (plural flightless cormorants)
plural flightless cormorants
- A species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi, endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
I was particularly fascinated by the endemic flightless cormorant, a mainly black bird with startling bright turquoise eyes.
1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 25Synonyms: Galapagos cormorant
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi, endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
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Galapagos cormorant
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