seafowl
Americannoun
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seafowls,
plural
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seafowl
plural
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
Her reverie was at last disturbed by the peculiar behavior of the seafowl.
From Into the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennett
The boatmen ask fifteen shillings a day for a boat to sail round the Head, and give you opportunity to peer into caverns, or to shoot seafowl should your desire be for “sport.”
From A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White
The snow was wet underfoot and seafowl were swooping around.
From The Literary World Seventh Reader by John Calvin Metcalf
Lightly and daintily she rode upon the waters, like some giant seafowl, spreading one white pinion after another in preparation for her flight.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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