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ˈsea-bird
A bird frequenting the sea, or the land near the sea. Also attrib.
1589Rider Bibl. Scholast. 1704 A Seabirde great and ravenous, charadrius. 1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 259 We..saw infinite multitudes of little Sea-birds. 1766Smollett Trav. I. xix. 301 All sea-birds are allowed by the church of Rome to be eaten on meagre days, as a kind of fish. 1865Tennyson Captain 71 The lonely seabird crosses With one waft of the wing. 1898R. Kearton Wild Life at Home 100 The Orkney and Shetland Islands are rich in sea-bird life. |