Cor*mog"e*ny (k˘r*m&obreve;j"&esl;*n&ybreve;), n. [Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + root of gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Biol.) The embryological history of groups or families of individuals.
Cor`mo*phy*log"e*ny (k?r`m?-f?-l?j"?-n?), n. [Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + E. phylogeny.] (Biol.) The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. Haeckel.
{ Cor"mo*phytes (k˘r"m&osl;*fīts), ||Cor*moph"y*ta (k&obreve;r*m&obreve;f"&ibreve;*t&adot;), } n. pl. [NL. cormophyta, fr. Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + fyto`n plant.] (Bot.) A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.
Cor"mo*rant (k˘r"m&osl;*rant), n. [F. cormoran, fr. Armor. mōr-vran a sea raven; mōr sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven.] 1. (Zo÷l.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [Written also corvorant.]