cormorant UK /ˈkɔːməɹənt/US /ˈkɔɹməɹənt/noun 2adjective 1forms 3 noun2 •Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).Th' Eele-murthering Hearne, and greedy Cormorant, / That neare the Creekes in morish Marshes haunt. — 1634 •[before a noun] (figurative, no longer used) A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc.VVith eagre feeding foode doth choke the feeder, / Light vanitie insatiate cormorant, / Consuming meanes soone praies vpon it selfe: […] — 1595 adjective1 •(no longer used) Voracious; aggressively greedy.Anti-masonry is as cormorant as death, and will not be satisfied though one half the human race be immolated to appease its infernal appetite. — 1830 formscormorants · more cormorant · most cormorant