: a bird (such as a gull or an albatross) frequenting the open ocean
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Bird monitors on the Farne Islands off the northeastern coast of England are tallying the roughly 200,000 seabirds that return to this important sanctuary every year.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
Little terns, a small seabird, travel hundreds or even thousands of miles across the ocean to land on the beaches of Australia to breed.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025
The origin story of the island's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to explore the coast of California, and, a flock of seabirds.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 7 May 2025
Great Auk The great auk, a flightless seabird that once populated the North Atlantic, faced a slow and tragic extinction due to human hunting, which was exacerbated by the demand for their feathers, skins and eggs.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
Little terns, a small seabird, travel hundreds or even thousands of miles across the ocean to land on the beaches of Australia to breed.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025
The origin story of the island's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to explore the coast of California, and, a flock of seabirds.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 7 May 2025
Great Auk The great auk, a flightless seabird that once populated the North Atlantic, faced a slow and tragic extinction due to human hunting, which was exacerbated by the demand for their feathers, skins and eggs.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
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“Seabird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seabird. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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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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