Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.

    Seevogel, Meeresvogel

    морска́я пти́цаmorskája ptíca

    a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, albatrosses, petrels, etc.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. He catches seabirds and eats them.

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  2. Sami captured seabirds and drank their blood.

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  3. Sami got sick from eating a seabird.

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  4. Plastic kills countless seabirds and sea turtles each year.

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  5. Puffins are beautiful seabirds.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters:

Origin

From sea + bird.

From sea + bird.

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Forms

plural: seabirds

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, albatrosses, petrels, etc.:sea birdseafowl

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
seabird — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto