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pygmy cormorant

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Microcarbo pygmeus, a member of the Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant) family of seabirds.

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  • Albanian: karabullaku i vogël — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 侏鸕鶿 /侏鸬鹚 (zhū lúcí) — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Czech: kormorán malý — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Danish: dværgskarv — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Estonian: kääbuskormoran — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Finnish: pikkumerimetso — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • German: Zwergscharbe — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Greek: λαγγόνα (langóna) — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Maltese: margun żgħir — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Romanian: cormoran mic — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Russian: ма́лый бакла́н (mályj baklán) — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Spanish: cormorán pigmeo — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Swedish: dvärgskarv — Microcarbo pygmaeus
  • Welsh: corfulfran — Microcarbo pygmaeus