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black-faced cormorant

black-faced cormorant noun: a bird of southern Australia, Phalacrocorax fuscescens.

Noun

black-faced cormorant (plural black-faced cormorants)

  1. (Australia) A bird of southern Australia, Phalacrocorax fuscescens.
    • Other than the usual clamour of seabirds, ravens and swamp harriers, the only other birds of note in this area are orange-bellied parrots […] and a few black-faced cormorants that venture up from the tannin-stained waters of Bathurst Harbour.2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 95

Forms of black-faced cormorant

pluralblack-faced cormorants

Questions about black-faced cormorant

What does black-faced cormorant mean?
Black-faced cormorant means a bird of southern Australia, Phalacrocorax fuscescens.
What part of speech is black-faced cormorant?
Black-faced cormorant is a noun.
What is the plural of black-faced cormorant?
The plural of black-faced cormorant is black-faced cormorants.

Words near black-faced cormorant in the dictionary

  1. black-eyed peas
  2. black-eyed Susan
  3. black-eyed Susans
  4. black-faced bunting
  5. black-faced buntings
  6. black-faced cormorant
  7. black-faced cormorants
  8. black-faced ibis
  9. black-faced ibises
  10. black-footed cat
  11. black-footed cats

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