flightless cormorant

English

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.

Synonyms

• Galapagos cormorant