phalacrocorax carbo

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscormorant

   Broaderpelecaniform seabird

   Part ofPhalacrocorax

Questions about phalacrocorax carbo

What does phalacrocorax carbo mean?

phalacrocorax carbo means "large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish".

What is another word for phalacrocorax carbo?

Close synonyms include cormorant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phalacrocorax carbo a common word?

phalacrocorax carbo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.