meaning of cormorants
1. Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese.
2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant.
3. large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish