flightless cormorant

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Noun

flightless cormorant (plural flightless cormorants)

  1. A species of cormorant, Phalacrocorax harrisi, endemic to the Galápagos Islands.
    • 1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 25:
      I was particularly fascinated by the endemic flightless cormorant, a mainly black bird with startling bright turquoise eyes.

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