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corvorant

corvorant noun: synonym of cormorant.

Noun

corvorant (plural corvorants)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of cormorant.
    Synonyms:
    cormorant

Synonyms of corvorant

Forms of corvorant

pluralcorvorants

Origin of corvorant

A modification, due to folk etymology, of cormorant by combining it with Latin vorantem, the accusative masculine or feminine singular of vorāns (“devouring; swallowing up”), the present active participle of vorō (“to devour, eat greedily; to swallow up”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour, eat; to swallow”).

Questions about corvorant

What does corvorant mean?
Corvorant means synonym of cormorant.
What part of speech is corvorant?
Corvorant is a noun.
What is the plural of corvorant?
The plural of corvorant is corvorants.

Words near corvorant in the dictionary

  1. corvinas
  2. corvine
  3. Corvino
  4. Corvinos
  5. Corvins
  6. corvorant
  7. corvorants
  8. corvus
  9. corvuses
  10. corvusite
  11. corvée

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