שלך, Levit. xi, 17; Deut. xiv, 17; a large sea bird. It is
about three feet four inches in length, and four feet two inches in
breadth from the tips of the extended wings. The bill is about five
inches long, and of a dusky colour; the base of the lower mandible is
covered with a naked yellowish skin, which extends under the throat and
forms a kind of pouch. It has a most voracious appetite, and lives
chiefly upon fish, which it devours with unceasing gluttony. It darts
down very rapidly upon its prey; and the Hebrew, and the Greek name,
καταράκτης, [a cataract,] are expressive of its impetuosity. The word
קאת, which in our version of Isaiah xxxiv, 11, is rendered _cormorant_,
is the pelican.
about three feet four inches in length, and four feet two inches in
breadth from the tips of the extended wings. The bill is about five
inches long, and of a dusky colour; the base of the lower mandible is
covered with a naked yellowish skin, which extends under the throat and
forms a kind of pouch. It has a most voracious appetite, and lives
chiefly upon fish, which it devours with unceasing gluttony. It darts
down very rapidly upon its prey; and the Hebrew, and the Greek name,
καταράκτης, [a cataract,] are expressive of its impetuosity. The word
קאת, which in our version of Isaiah xxxiv, 11, is rendered _cormorant_,
is the pelican.