double-crested cormorant

[duhb-uhl kres-tid]

dou·ble-crest·ed cor·morant

[duhb-uhl kres-tid]
noun
a North American cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, having tufts of black and white feathers on the sides of the head.

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism
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