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What is a Cormorant?
        COR'MORANT
        (the plunger), a bird mentioned as unclean in Lev 11:17; Deut 14:17. In two other passages a word meaning the Pelican, which see, is translated "cormorant." The true cormorant is found along the salt and fresh waters of Syria, and is certainly a "plunger," so that there is no reason for a change in the passages of the Pentateuch, as some have suggested. These birds are as large as the raven, of a dark color, with long necks, webbed feet, feed upon fish, and are proverbial for their voracity. See cut on p. 203.


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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'cormorant' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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