Defn: The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. Haeckel.
CORMOPHYTES; CORMOPHYTA Cor"mo*phytes (kr"m-fts), Cor*moph"y*ta (kr-mf"-t), n. pl. Etym: [NL. cormophyta, fr. Gr. trunk of a tree + (Bot.)
Defn: A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.
CORMORANT Cor`mo*rant (kr"m-rant), n. Etym: [F. cormoran, fr. Armor. m a sea raven; m sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.]
2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson.
CORMORAUT
Cor"mo*raut, a.
Defn: Ravenous; voracious.
Cormorant, devouring time. Shak.
CORMUS
Cor"mus (kr"ms), n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.