sea_bird has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.

Synonyms

seafowl seabird

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

To starboard was a cape a_thousand feet high , patched with ice and snow , populated by thousands of screaming sea_birds .

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