seabird

See also: sea bird

English

Alternative forms

sea bird

Etymology

sea +‎ bird

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiːbɜː(ɹ)d/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːbɜː(ɹ)d

Noun

seabird (plural seabirds)

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

Synonyms

seafowl

Hyponyms

Translations

any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters

Afrikaans: seevoël (af)
Catalan: au marina
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海鳥／海鸟 (zh) (hǎiniǎo)
Dzongkha: མཚོ་བྱ (mtsho bya)
Esperanto: marbirdo
Faroese: sjófuglur 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

Anagrams

Beairds, abiders, air beds, airbeds, bardies, barside, braised, darbies, sidebar

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