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CORMORANT (Lev_11:17, Deu_14:17, shâlâk).—The shâlâk, as the meaning of the word implies, was some kind of plunging bird. Two varieties of cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo and P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] . pygmœus, occur in Palestine both on the sea coasts and on inland waters, e.g. the Dead Sea. It was an ‘unclean’ bird. See also Pelican.
E. W. G. Masterman.