/kawr"meuhr euhnt/ , n.
1. any of several voracious, totipalmate seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae, as Phalacrocorax carbo, of America, Europe, and Asia, having a long neck and a distensible pouch under the bill for holding captured fish, used in China for catching fish.
2. a greedy person.
[ 1300-50; ME cormera ( u ) nt cormorant, OF cormareng corvus marinus sea-raven. See CORBEL, MARINE ]