PHALACROCORAX CARBO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phalacrocorax carbo mean? 

• PHALACROCORAX CARBO (noun)
  The noun PHALACROCORAX CARBO has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PHALACROCORAX CARBO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHALACROCORAX CARBO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cormorant; Phalacrocorax carbo

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)