: a bird (such as a gull or an albatross) frequenting the open ocean
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Back in 1961, residents of Capitola woke up to find that hordes of black seabirds were slamming into cars, windows and people's homes and dying.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Quentin takes magic mushrooms on a seabird boat tour.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
The fleet has become a rich habitat for marine life, as well as seabirds such as ospreys.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
These World War I ships were deliberately burnt and sunk in the late 1920s, and have also become rich habitats for both marine and seabird life including ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) and Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus).
—New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Quentin takes magic mushrooms on a seabird boat tour.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
The fleet has become a rich habitat for marine life, as well as seabirds such as ospreys.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
These World War I ships were deliberately burnt and sunk in the late 1920s, and have also become rich habitats for both marine and seabird life including ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) and Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus).
—New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Seabird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seabird. Accessed 28 Oct. 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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