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red-legged cormorant

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Any gray cormorant of the species Poikilocarbo gaimardi which resides primarily along the southwestern coasts of South America and has vividly red legs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: red-legged shag, red-footed cormorant, red-footed shag, Gaimard's cormorant, grey cormorant

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

red + legged + cormorant.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: corb marí cama-roig — P. gaimardi
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅腿鸕鶿 /红腿鸬鹚 (hóng tuǐ lúcí) — P. gaimardi
  • Dutch: roodpootaalscholver — P. gaimardi
  • Estonian: laikkael-kormoran — P. gaimardi
  • Estonian: laikkael-karbas — P. gaimardi
  • Finnish: harmaamerimetso — P. gaimardi
  • French: cormoran de Gaimard — P. gaimardi
  • German: Buntscharbe — P. gaimardi
  • German: Buntkormoran — P. gaimardi
  • Hungarian: vöröslábú kárókatona — P. gaimardi
  • Hungarian: tarka kárókatona — P. gaimardi
  • Italian: cormorano zamperosse — P. gaimardi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rødfotskarv — P. gaimardi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: raudfotskarv — P. gaimardi
  • Polish: kormoran czerwononogi — P. gaimardi
  • Portuguese: corvo-marinho-de-patas-vermelhas — P. gaimardi
  • Spanish: cormorán gris — P. gaimardi
  • Spanish: chuita — P. gaimardi
  • Swedish: rödfotad skarv — P. gaimardi
  • Welsh: mulfran goesgoch — P. gaimardi