coastal_diving_bird (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *coastal diving bird*:
NOUN	animal	coastal diving bird	gull family

English > *coastal diving bird*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family.
Member of	Charadriiformes, order Charadriiformes	large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters
Narrower	jaeger	rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey
	larid	long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family
	skimmer	Gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
Broader	seabird, sea bird, seafowl	A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open / open ocean

HyperDic: coastal_diving_bird