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The Pelicanus bassanus, of the family Colymbidoe, order Natatores. Hebrew shalak, i.e. "the diver", from a root "to cast down" itself, or plunge after its prey. Unclean (; ). Septuagint katarraktes, which Speaker's Commentary makes the "cormorant," Phalacrocorax crabo, often seen in Syria, and occasionally at the sea of Galilee; this the Appendix to Smith's Dict. contradicts. But for "cormorant" in ; , translated "pelican," Hebrew qa'ath.