sea-crow

plural sea-crows · alternative sea crow · alternative seacrow

1. Any of various birds which may be found at sea or along the coast, especially those of a size or color similar to a crow, or with similar habits:
   1. regionalA gull.

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   2. regionalA chough (Pyrrhocorax spp.).

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   3. regionalA cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.).

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plural sea-crows

1. rareA sapphirine gurnard, a fish of species Chelidonichthys lucerna (syn. Trigla hirundo).

   [...] the Sea-Crow[, so called] from his Blackness.

   1722, Oppian, Oppian's Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients, page 229

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   [page 137:] And here the Dory spends his easy Days. / Here Sea-Crows dwell, nam'd from their dusky Hue, / And tim'rous Shade-Fish the blind Haunts pursue. [page 244:] Here sea-crows dwell, and the lov'd haunt pursue, / Smeetch'd with dark stain, and nam'd from dusky hue.

   1952, William Diaper, Complete Works, page 137,244