PHALACROCORAX CARBO

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish

Synonyms:

cormorant; Phalacrocorax carbo

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Phalacrocorax carbo" is a kind of...):

pelecaniform seabird (large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet)

Holonyms ("Phalacrocorax carbo" is a member of...):

genus Phalacrocorax; Phalacrocorax (type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae)

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