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European shag

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Gulosus aristotelis (syn. Phalacrocorax aristotelis), a member of the Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant) family of seabirds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: karabullaku me çafkë — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Albanian: vrançi me çafkë — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Catalan: corb marí emplomallat — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 欧鸬鹚 — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Czech: kormorán chocholatý — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Danish: topskarv — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Dutch: kuifaalscholver — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Finnish: karimetso — Gulosus aristotelis
  • French: cormoran huppé — Gulosus aristotelis
  • German: Krähenscharbe — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Icelandic: toppskarfur — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Icelandic: hraukur — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Icelandic: hrókur — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Italian: marangone dal ciuffo — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Japanese: ヨーロッパヒメウ (yo-roppahimeu) — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Norwegian: toppskarv — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: toppskarv — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Old Norse: hraukr — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Old Norse: hrókr — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Polish: kormoran czubaty — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Portuguese: corvo-marinho-de-crista — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Romanian: cormoran moțat — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Russian: хохлатый баклан (xoxlatyj baklan) — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Slovak: kormorán chochlatý — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Spanish: cormorán moñudo — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Swedish: toppskarv — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Ukrainian: баклан чубатий (baklan čubatyj) — Gulosus aristotelis
  • Welsh: mulfran werdd — Gulosus aristotelis