cormorant vs wolf

cormorant

noun
  • A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc. 

  • Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). 

adj
  • Voracious; aggressively greedy. 

wolf

noun
  • Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation. 

  • A wolf spider. 

  • One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths. 

  • A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow. 

  • A man who makes amorous advances to many women. 

  • A wolf tone or wolf note. 

  • Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily. 

  • A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth. 

  • Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis. 

verb
  • To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously. 

  • To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex. 

  • To hunt for wolves. 

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