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单词 sea-fowl
释义

sea-fowln.

Etymology: Compare Old English Sǽfugol occurring as a proper name in Anglo-Saxon Chron. an. 560.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsea-fowl.
A sea-bird.
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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.
attributive.1898 R. Kearton Wild Life at Home 103 The famous Noup of Noss is a perfect sea-fowl paradise.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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