a rather large diving bird with a long neck, long hooked bill, short legs, and mainly dark plumage. It typically breeds on coastal cliffs 鸬鹚
Genus Phalacrocorax (and Nannopterum), family Phalacrocoracidae: numerous species, in particular the widespread great cormorant (P. carbo) 鸬鹚属,鹚科,众多种,尤指分布广泛的(大)鸬鹚(拉丁名P. carbo)
语源
Middle English: from Old French cormaran, from medieval Latin corvus marinus 'sea-raven'. The final -t is on the pattern of words such as peasant