单词 | sea-fowl |
释义 | sea-fowln. A sea-bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > defined by habitat > [noun] > aquatic or swimming bird > marine sea-fowl1340 sea-bird1589 guano1697 seed bird1791 ocean fowl1864 sea-runner1872 1340–70 Alisaunder 811 Þan fetches hee a seafoule faire of his wynges. 1620 J. Mason New-found-land in Mem. (1887) 151 The sea fowles are gulles, sea pigeons [etc.]. 1767 tr. D. Cranz Hist. Greenland I. 79 The sea-fowls have all alike webbed feet like a goose. 1767 tr. D. Cranz Hist. Greenland I. 82 The second class of sea~fowl. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce (1872) i. ix. 92 Innumerable sea-fowl skim the surf or sweep the sky. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1340 |
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