cormorant

noun (cormorant, cormorants)

«cormorant» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A large dark sea bird with a long neck and hooked beak that dives underwater to catch fish. tree →

In the lessons

In nature lessons, cormorants are seen on rocks by the sea or rivers, holding their wings out to dry because their feathers are not fully waterproof. In China and Japan, people traditionally fished with trained cormorants.

Examples

A cormorant dived and came up with a fish. tree →
The cormorants stood on the rocks drying their wings. tree →
Cormorants can swim fast underwater. tree →
We saw a cormorant at the harbour. tree →
Cormorants have hooked beaks. tree →
Fishermen in China once used cormorants to catch fish. tree →

Note

Say «COR-mor-ant». Countable. In New Zealand cormorants are often called shags.

In Jewish tradition

In the lists of unclean birds, it is a bird the Israelites may not eat.

Interpretation. Tradition counts it among the forbidden birds. Jewish law lists twenty-four kinds, and since the exact birds are uncertain, only birds with a handed-down tradition are eaten.

Examples

and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant; (Torah DEU.14.17, JPS 1917) tree →
and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl; (Torah LEV.11.17, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Say «COR-mor-ant». Countable. In New Zealand cormorants are often called shags.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «cormorant» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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Trees and pragmatics of «cormorant» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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