- 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
The largest population of this sea bird in the world resides on Skomer and Skokholm islands, off the Pembrokeshire coast.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2020
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
There was a sea bird painted on the ship to protect it against shipwreck and winds.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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