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Cormorant

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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CORMORANT ( Leviticus 11:17 , Deuteronomy 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.] . pygmÅ“us , 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.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Cormorant'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​c/cormorant.html. 1909.
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