Definition of "sea-bird" []

• A marine or pelagic web-footed bird: a sea-fowl: a name of no specific application. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Now and then a lonely sea-bird hovers far away, and we"
• "Gough Island is the least disturbed major cool-temperate island ecosystem in the South Atlantic Ocean, and one of the most important sea-bird colonies in the world."
• "Nothing moved across my vision — not even a lone bird soared up against the dull sky; and, for my hearing, not so much as the cry of a sea-bird came to me — no! nor the croak of a frog, nor the plash of a fish."