| NOUN | animal | sea bird, seabird, seafowl | a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open / open ocean |
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| Meaning | A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open / open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.. | |
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| Synonyms | seabird, seafowl | |
| Narrower | auk | Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas |
| coastal diving bird | gull family | |
| gaviiform seabird | seabirds of the order Gaviiformes | |
| pelagic bird, oceanic bird | bird of the open / open seas | |
| pelecaniform seabird | large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet | |
| podicipitiform seabird | aquatic birds related to the loons | |
| puffin | Any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills | |
| sphenisciform seabird | flightless cold-water seabirds | |
| Broader | aquatic bird | wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water |
| Spanish | ave marina | |
| Catalan | ocell marí | |
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