Monday, June 25, 2007

Vocabulary Finder - NuRuL aka IfAh

1)CORMORANTS

Meaning:

1. Any of several large, widely distributed marine diving birds of the genus Phalacrocorax, having dark plumage, webbed feet, a slender hooked bill, and a distensible pouch.

2.A greedy, rapacious person.

Example:

‘Dolphins sit there, and gulls, and cormorants ,and otter,and whales too,but not clouds.’

2 comments:

Ms Dawn Chia said...
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Ms Dawn Chia said...

What did Karana use the cormorants for?
Was it essential for her survival on the island?