Definition of Phalacrocorax carbo

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

Exact synonyms: Cormorant
Generic synonyms: Pelecaniform Seabird
Group relationships: Genus Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phalacrocorax Carbo

Phacelia whitlavia
Phacochoerus
Phaeacian
Phaeacians
Phaedriades
Phaeophyceae
Phaeophyta
Phaethon
Phaethontidae
Phaeton
Phagun
Phaistos
Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax
Phalacrocorax carbo (current term)
Phalaenopsis
Phalaenopsis amabilis
Phalaenoptilus
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Phalange
Phalangeridae
Phalangida
Phalangiidae
Phalangist
Phalangists
Phalangium
Phalangium opilio
Phalanx
Phalaris

Literary usage of Phalacrocorax carbo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"... cocca small; rectum narrow; cloaca globular. Trachea considerably flattened; bronchi of moderate width. THE COMMON CORMORANT. Phalacrocorax carbo, Linn. ..."

2. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1915)
"Anterior aspect of right tarso-metatarsus of Phalacrocorax carbo (No. ... All the bones of Phalacrocorax carbo on this Plate are from the skeleton of the ..."

3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1895)
"Phalacrocorax carbo (LINN.). Cormorant. Pelecanus carbo LINN. SN ed. ... Phalacrocorax carbo LEACH, Syst. Cat. Mam. and Bds. Brit. Mus. 1816, 34. ..."

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