/
ˈkɔːm(ə)r(ə)nt/
n.
a large diving seabird with a long neck, long hooked bill, short legs, and mainly black plumage.
[
Phalacrocorax carbo and other species.]
Etymology
ME: from OFr. cormaran, from med. L. corvus marinus ‘sea raven’; the final -t is on the pattern of words such as peasant.
