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sea mew

British  

noun

  1. another name for mew 1

"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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My native land   Fades o'er the ocean blue; The night winds sigh--the breakers roar--   And shrieks the wild sea mew.

From A Love Story by A Bushman

And his body did swing, a horrible thing, At the sport of the wild sea mew!

From Cruise and Captures of the Alabama by Goodrich, Albert M.

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