Definition of sea bird

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Sea bird () Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.

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Noddy :: Noddy (n.) The arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds.
Murrelet :: Murrelet (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genera Synthliboramphus and Brachyramphus, inhabiting the North Pacific. They are closely related to the murres..
Cormorant :: Cormorant (n.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese..
Murre :: Murre (n.) Any one of several species of sea birds of the genus Uria, or Catarractes; a guillemot..
Icebird :: Icebird (n.) An Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar..
Sea Bird :: Sea bird () Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.
Gull :: Gull (n.) One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.
Albatross :: Albatross (n.) A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere..
Sulcate :: Sula (n.) A genus of sea birds including the booby and the common gannet.
Mormon :: Mormon (n.) A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin..
Cragsman :: Cragsman (n.) One accustomed to climb rocks or crags; esp., one who makes a business of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea birds or the birds themselves..
Eggery :: Eggery (n.) A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs.
Totipalmate :: Totipalmate (a.) Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves..
Diomedea :: Diomedea (n.) A genus of large sea birds, including the albatross. See Albatross..
Tube-nosed :: Tube-nosed (a.) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds.
Auk :: Auk (n.) A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (/ Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre..
Length :: Length (a.) The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk..
Rotche :: Rotche (n.) A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or Alle alle) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also little auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove..
Longipennes :: Longipennes (n. pl.) A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc..
Puffin :: Puffin (n.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot..
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