seabird

See also: sea bird

English

Alternative forms

• sea bird

Etymology

sea +‎ bird

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːbɜː(ɹ)d/

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Noun

seabird (plural seabirds)

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

Synonyms

• seafowl

Hyponyms

• albatross
• cormorant
• gannet
• guillemot
• gull
• pelican
• petrel

Translations

any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters

• Catalan: au marina
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海鳥 (zh), 海鸟 (zh) (hǎiniǎo)

• Dzongkha: མཚོ་བྱ (mtsho bya)
• Esperanto: marbirdo
• Faroese: sjófuglar m
• Finnish: merilintu
• French: oiseau de mer (fr), oiseau marin (fr)
• German: Seevogel (de) m, Meeresvogel (de) m
• Greek: θαλασσοπούλι (el) n (thalassopoúli)
• Icelandic: sjófugl (is) m, sjávarfugl m
• Japanese: 海鳥 (ja) (umidori)
• Latin: mergus

• Maori: manu moana, manu-ā-tai
• Nahuatl: ilhuicaātl tototl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjøfugl m

  Nynorsk: sjøfugl m

• Portuguese: ave marinha f
• Russian: морска́я пти́ца f (morskája ptíca)
• Spanish: ave marina f
• Swedish: havsfågel (sv) c
• Turkish: deniz kuşu
• Volapük: melaböd

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