a large black bird with a long neck that lives near the sea or other areas of water 鸬鹚 In China and Japan fishing with cormorants is still practised today. 在中国和日本，捕捞鱼只至今仍在进行。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cormaran, from medieval Latin corvus marinus ‘sea raven’. The final -t is on the pattern of words such as peasant.