: a bird (such as a gull or an albatross) frequenting the open ocean
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The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry said the virus was found in a single seabird, a brown skua, near Esperance on the south coast of Western Australia, in Cape Le Grand National Park.
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Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2026
Certainly not in Missouri, seeing as the seabird’s closest potential habitat would be Florida.
—Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Plastic accumulates in our oceans and on our beaches, killing seabirds, sea turtles and other marine mammals.
—Kelley Dennings, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026
Dimitris Roussopoulos, the man behind the amazing Migratory Bar in Portugal, created this cocktail inspired by the osprey, a powerful migratory seabird that travels along the Atlantic and is closely connected with Cape Verde’s coastal landscape.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
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Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2026
Certainly not in Missouri, seeing as the seabird’s closest potential habitat would be Florida.
—Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Plastic accumulates in our oceans and on our beaches, killing seabirds, sea turtles and other marine mammals.
—Kelley Dennings, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026
Dimitris Roussopoulos, the man behind the amazing Migratory Bar in Portugal, created this cocktail inspired by the osprey, a powerful migratory seabird that travels along the Atlantic and is closely connected with Cape Verde’s coastal landscape.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
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“Seabird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seabird. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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seabird
noun
sea·bird
ˈsē-ˌbərd 
: a bird (as a gull or an albatross) that lives on or near the open ocean
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