How do you use Cormorant in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Cormorant meaning
- 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).
- A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc.
Synonyms of Cormorant
Using Cormorant
- The main meaning on this page is: 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). | A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc.
- Useful related words include: phalacrocorax carbo, pelecaniform seabird.
- In the example corpus, cormorant often appears in combinations such as: cormorant asset, cormorant and, of cormorant.
Context around Cormorant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cormorant
- In this selection, "cormorant" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, great, crested, 17th, asset, sits and way stand out and add context to how "cormorant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the cormorant project ended and april 17th cormorant asset management. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cormorant" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cormorant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Since 1994 a subspecies of great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, has nested there as well. (15 words)
On Monday, April 17th, Cormorant Asset Management, Lp bought 562,121 shares of Ambrx Biopharma stock. (16 words)
Most experts believe the great cormorant population has peaked and will stabilize at around 2000 nests. (16 words)
A double-crested cormorant sits on a utility wire high above the Santa Ana River flowing with muddy water runoff from Tropical Storm Hilary, in Anaheim on Tuesday, August 22, 2023. (31 words)
According to court records, on June 13, 2018, a burglary and theft was reported at a cabin on Holiday Beach Road in the Cormorant area. (25 words)
Cheese, of Cormorant Way, Duffryn pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and being concerned in the supply of heroin cocaine. (24 words)
Example sentences (10)
A double-crested cormorant sits on a utility wire high above the Santa Ana River flowing with muddy water runoff from Tropical Storm Hilary, in Anaheim on Tuesday, August 22, 2023.
On Monday, April 17th, Cormorant Asset Management, Lp bought 562,121 shares of Ambrx Biopharma stock.
This allowed him more time to spend at their Lake home on Little Cormorant and travel with Jean.
Cheese, of Cormorant Way, Duffryn pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and being concerned in the supply of heroin cocaine.
Not long after the Cormorant project ended, engineers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Carderock a submersible aircraft for special operations.
According to court records, on June 13, 2018, a burglary and theft was reported at a cabin on Holiday Beach Road in the Cormorant area.
Its institutional investors include Cormorant Asset Management, Lilly Asia Ventures, OrbiMed, S.R. One, Foresite Capital, and venBio.
Most experts believe the great cormorant population has peaked and will stabilize at around 2000 nests.
Since 1994 a subspecies of great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, has nested there as well.
This island has been declared a natural reserve for the particular species of seabirds living on it (royal seagull, cormorant and peregrine falcon).
Common combinations with cormorant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cormorant asset 2×
- cormorant and 2×
- of cormorant 2×
- the cormorant 2×
- great cormorant 2×