Meanings
plural seabirds · alternative sea bird
- Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.
A preliminary investigation into the massive die-off of common murres, one of the Northern Hemisphere's most abundant seabirds, off Alaska's coast is revealing gaps in basic information on North Pacific waters and the wildlife that inhabit them.
2016 February 5, Dan Joling, “Alaska seabird die-off investigation hindered by data gaps”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2017Synonyms: seafowl
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, albatrosses, petrels, etc.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*seykʷ-
- Proto-Germanic*sīhwaną
- Proto-Germanic*saiwiz
- Proto-West Germanic*saiwi
- Old Englishsǣ
- Middle Englishsee
- Englishsea
- Old Englishbridd
- Middle Englishbrid
- Englishbird
- Englishseabird
Translations
Afrikaans seevoël
- seevoëlany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Catalan au marina
- au marinaany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Chinese Mandarin 海鳥 /海鸟
- 海鳥 /海鸟 (hǎiniǎo)any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Esperanto marbirdo
- marbirdoany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Finnish merilintu
- merilintuany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
French oiseau de mer, oiseau marin
- oiseau de merany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
- oiseau marinany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
German Seevogel, Meeresvogel
- Seevogelany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
- Meeresvogelany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Greek θαλασσοπούλι
- θαλασσοπούλι (thalassopoúli)any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Icelandic sjófugl, sjávarfugl
- sjófuglany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
- sjávarfuglany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Japanese 海鳥
- 海鳥 (umidori)any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Latin mergus
- mergusany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Māori manu moana, manu-ā-tai
- manu moanaany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
- manu-ā-taiany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Norwegian Bokmål sjøfugl
- sjøfuglany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Polish ptak morski
- ptak morskiany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Portuguese ave marinha
- ave marinhaany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Russian морска́я пти́ца
- морска́я пти́ца (morskája ptíca)any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Spanish ave marina
- ave marinaany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Swedish havsfågel
- havsfågelany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
Turkish deniz kuşu
- deniz kuşuany bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters
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Cite this entry
seabird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seabird
“seabird.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seabird. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seabird,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seabird.
Source: seabird on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.