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sea bird

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noun

  1. a bird such as a gull, that lives on the sea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Martin Fowlie, of the RSPB, agreed that the impact of bird flu on sea bird populations this year was "unprecedented".

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2022

“They talk about the canary in the coal mine. This is the sea bird in the ocean bringing a message that things are not quite right,” International Bird Rescue Chief Executive JD Bergeron said Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2022

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

A bold sea bird, it resembled its close relative the gull, but was not a fisher.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

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