sea bird

sea bird

n.

A bird, such as a petrel or albatross, that frequents the ocean, especially far from shore.

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sea bird

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a bird such as a gull, that lives on the sea

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sea bird - a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. seabird, seafowl aquatic bird - wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water coastal diving bird - gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family auk - black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas puffin - any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills gaviiform seabird - seabirds of the order Gaviiformes podicipitiform seabird - aquatic birds related to the loons pelecaniform seabird - large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet sphenisciform seabird - flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins oceanic bird, pelagic bird - bird of the open seas

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sea bird

Seabirds

albatross or (informal) gooney bird, auk, auklet, black-backed gull, black guillemot, coot, cormorant, fish hawk, fulmar, gannet, glaucous gull, guillemot, gull or (archaic or dialect) cob(b), herring gull, ivory gull, kittiwake, man-of-war bird or frigate bird, murrelet, mutton bird, old squaw or oldwife, oystercatcher, petrel, prion, razorbill or razor-billed auk, scoter, sea duck, sea eagle, erne, or ern, seagull, shearwater, skua, storm petrel, stormy petrel, or Mother Carey's chicken, surf scoter or surf duck, velvet scoter, wandering albatross, Wilson's petrel

Translations

sea bird n → uccello marino