seafowl

[ see-foul ]

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

Origin of seafowl

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

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How to use seafowl in a sentence

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

    The Bondman | Hall Caine
  • Staring upward, Blake for the first time observed that the face of the cliff swarmed with seafowl.

    Into the Primitive | Robert Ames Bennet
  • Shortly before dawn, Blake was roused by a pack of jackals, snarling and quarrelling over the half-dried seafowl.

    Into the Primitive | Robert Ames Bennet
  • But to think of the seafowl being turned at one stroke into a hospital hulk.

    Hunting the Skipper | George Manville Fenn
  • There, gentlemen,” he said; “there lies the seafowl, in quite a different position; but there is no lugger.

    Hunting the Skipper | George Manville Fenn