seafowl
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of seafowl
First recorded in 1300–50, seafowl is from the Middle English word seafoule. See sea, fowl
Example Sentences
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The Seabirds Count, a census of the UK and Ireland's main seafowl species, found that herring gulls were one of 11 groups that saw a drop in their population between 2002 and 2021.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2023
On the leeward side of these rocks, in little hollows of the stone, he found a quantity of the eggs of some seafowl.
From Harrigan by Brand, Max
The vast variety of seafowl screamed their utmost, and gave a wonderfully illustrative chorus to the lecture.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel
But the seafowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair.
From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Her reverie was at last disturbed by the peculiar behavior of the seafowl.
From Into the Primitive by Bennett, Robert Ames
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