'Corvorant' definitions:
Definition of 'Corvorant'
From: GCIDE
- Corvorant \Cor"vo*rant\ (k?r"v?-rant), n. See Cormorant. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'corvorant'
From: GCIDE
- Cormorant \Cor"mo*rant\ (k[^o]r"m[-o]*rant), n. [F. cormoran, fr. Armor. m[=o]r-vran a sea raven; m[=o]r sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven.]
- 1. (Zool.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [Written also corvorant.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]