- a variation of seabird.
sea bird
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Many others, however, are happy about the pause, saying it will be good for the western snowy plover, a threatened sea bird species.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
"I've watched jet skis go through the middle of sea bird colonies... this is completely unacceptable," said TV naturalist Mr Williams.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2023
There are a few heavy-handed signposts — it’s bad luck to kill a sea bird — and we couldn’t be more obvious with the juvenile boom up the lighthouse to the Mary Poppins weathervane.
From The Verge ● Oct. 18, 2019
Also at risk is the marbled murrelet, a sea bird that dwells high on heavy branches above the canopy, flying each day to the Pacific to hunt fish.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2018
On the beach the hungry dogs and the hungry pigs of the town searched endlessly for any dead fish or sea bird that might have floated in on a rising tide.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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