seafowl

[ see-foul ]

noun

, plural sea·fowls, (especially collectively) sea·fowl.

1. seabird.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seafowl¹

First recorded in 1300–50, seafowl is from the Middle English word seafoule. See sea, fowl

Example Sentences

Of every species on the island, of land or seafowl, he had found a specimen.

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Staring upward, Blake for the first time observed that the face of the cliff swarmed with seafowl.

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Shortly before dawn, Blake was roused by a pack of jackals, snarling and quarrelling over the half-dried seafowl.

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But to think of the Seafowl being turned at one stroke into a hospital hulk.

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There, gentlemen,” he said; “there lies the Seafowl, in quite a different position; but there is no lugger.

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