hydrocorax

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A genus of hornbills, of the family Buccrotidæ, in which Brisson (1760) placed all the species of hornbills known to him: restricted by late writers to the group of hornbills of the Philippines of which Buceros hydrocorax of Linnæus is the type, characterized by a flattened casque, chestnut-red and black plumage, and white tail.
2. n. A genus of cormorants, of the family Phalacrocoracidæ: a synonym of Phalacrocorax or Graculus.
3. n. See cut under cormorant.