seafowl

American  

[see-foul] / ˈsiˌfaʊl /

noun

plural

seafowls,

plural

seafowl

1. seabird.

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Etymology

Origin of seafowl

First recorded in 1300–50, seafowl is from the Middle English word seafoule. See sea, fowl

Example Sentences

The Seabirds Count, a census of the UK and Ireland's main seafowl species, found that herring gulls were one of 11 groups that saw a drop in their population between 2002 and 2021.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2023

Twice a year, summer and winter, he followed his flock to the sea-shore and the islands, where they lived at their ease on fish and seals, clams, oysters, and seafowl.

From A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America by Parkman, Francis

The big piece of white duck stood out bravely against the blue sky, all the more conspicuous for the flocks of frightened seafowl which wheeled above and around it.

From Into the Primitive by Bennett, Robert Ames

It was a mere sand-bank, which supplied them only with water and seafowl.

From Fighting the Whales by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

These rocks are the haunts of seafowl, whose clang, though this is not their season, we heard at a distance.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel