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flightless cormorant

flightless cormorant noun: a species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi, endemic to the Galápagos Islands.

Noun

flightless cormorant (plural flightless cormorants)

  1. A species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi, endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
    • I was particularly fascinated by the endemic flightless cormorant, a mainly black bird with startling bright turquoise eyes.1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 25
    Synonyms:
    Galapagos cormorant

Synonyms of flightless cormorant

  • Galapagos cormorant

Forms of flightless cormorant

pluralflightless cormorants

Questions about flightless cormorant

What does flightless cormorant mean?
Flightless cormorant means a species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi, endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
What part of speech is flightless cormorant?
Flightless cormorant is a noun.
What is the plural of flightless cormorant?
The plural of flightless cormorant is flightless cormorants.

Words near flightless cormorant in the dictionary

  1. flightily
  2. flightiness
  3. flightinesses
  4. flighting
  5. flightless
  6. flightless cormorant
  7. flightless cormorants
  8. flightlessly
  9. flightlessness
  10. flightline
  11. flightlines

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