Found 1 items, similar to coalgeese.
English → English (gcide) Definition: coalgeese Cormorant \Cor"mo*rant\ (k[^o]r"m[-o]*rant), n. [F. cormoran, fr. Armor. m[=o]r-vran a sea raven; m[=o]r sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [Written also corvorant.] [1913 Webster] 2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]