Advertisement

Advertisement

sea swallow

noun

  1. any of several terns, especially Sterna hirundo.
  2. British Dialect. any of several small petrels, especially the storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus.


sea swallow

noun

  1. a popular name for tern 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea swallow1

First recorded in 1590–1600
Discover More

Example Sentences

Or would it rather evacuate and abandon them, letting the sea swallow the remains of their homes?

We were looking for the birds – they are Arctic tern, or sea swallows.

Why did they make birds so delicate and fine as those sea swallows when the ocean can be so cruel?

White and other petrels flew round us, with some gulls, and birds resembling sea swallows, with a forked tail.

I wonder will ever we return, or will the great sea swallow us up?

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


seastrandseat