Definition of "seafowl" [seafowl]

• A sea bird. (noun)
• Sea birds considered as a group. (noun)

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• "But strong, long-breathed, and accustomed to such exercise, Halbert, even though encumbered with his sword, dived and rose like a seafowl, and swam across the lake in the northern direction."
• "This is partly owing to the dung of a vast multitude of seafowl, and partly to a coating of a hard glossy substance with"
• "The word flew among screaming seafowl: “He has come, he has come, he is here, and he leads us.”"