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spectacled cormorant

spectacled cormorant noun: an extinct species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, that once lived on Bering Island.

Noun

spectacled cormorant (plural spectacled cormorants)

  1. An extinct species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, that once lived on Bering Island.
    • Inexperience of man, together with a general slowness of motion when on land, made spectacled cormorants easy prey.2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 70

Forms of spectacled cormorant

pluralspectacled cormorants

Questions about spectacled cormorant

What does spectacled cormorant mean?
Spectacled cormorant means an extinct species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, that once lived on Bering Island.
What part of speech is spectacled cormorant?
Spectacled cormorant is a noun.
What is the plural of spectacled cormorant?
The plural of spectacled cormorant is spectacled cormorants.

Words near spectacled cormorant in the dictionary

  1. spectacled bears
  2. spectacled caiman
  3. spectacled caimans
  4. spectacled cobra
  5. spectacled cobras
  6. spectacled cormorant
  7. spectacled cormorants
  8. spectacled flowerpecker
  9. spectacled flowerpeckers
  10. spectacled lizard
  11. spectacled lizards

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