sea crow

English

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Etymology 1

Calque of Latin corvus maritimus ("cormorant")

Noun

sea crow (plural sea crows)

(chiefly regional) Any of various sea or coastal birds of size, color, or habit similar to those of a crow, variously
1. chough (Pyrrhocorax spp.)
2. western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
3. cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
4. black-headed peewit, black-headed pewit, black-headed lapwing (Vanellus tectus), and other gulls.
5. skua (Stercorariidae spp.)
6. razorbill (Alca torda)
7. coot (Fulica spp.)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sea crow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology 2

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Noun

sea crow (plural sea crows)

A fish of species Chelidonichthys lucerna (syn. Trigla hirundo, sapphirine gurnard).

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