Definition of "corvorant" [cor•vo•rant]

• Archaic form of cormorant. (noun)

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• "Red-faced corvorant P. 584 C. [42] Some doubt may be entertained of the propriety with which Captain King has occupied so large a portion of his volume as two chapters, or sections, with a subject, respecting which it is most certain, his knowledge must have resulted from almost any thing else than his own personal observation."
• "In this lake an extensive fishery is carried on, principally by means of the Pelicanus Sinensis, or fishing corvorant of China."