Seabird

Word SEABIRD
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈsiːbɜː(ɹ)d/

Definitions and meanings of "Seabird"

What do we mean by seabird?

A bird, such as a petrel or albatross, that frequents the ocean, especially far from shore. noun

Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans. noun

A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. noun

Any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters or over the oceans.

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The word "seabird" in example sentences

This implies that chronic food scarcity will compromise long-term seabird breeding success. ❋ Carl Safina (2012)

A person regarded as stupid. 2 refers to a tropical seabird, which is probably invariably apolitical. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

As Jonathan Balcombe points out in his wonderful book, the animal kingdom at large is a pretty sexy place, what with thick-billed murres (a kind of seabird) having their wicked way with clumps of vegetation, masturbating reptiles, lesbian hedgehogs (I kid you not), gay fruit bats, dolphins with sex toys, and bonobos being pretty much up for anything at all. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The scientists looked at 14 seabird species across 7 ecosystems. ❋ Carl Safina (2012)

Among the other sculptures she and her team of volunteers have created: A super cute sea turtle, made of a garbage can lid, flip flops, netting and other kinds of plastic that routinely kill real sea turtles; Avery, a giant seabird that could symbolize all the birds killed by ingesting tiny bits of plastic that tragically look like food; and Henry, a multi-colored plastic fish with formidable jaws. ❋ Diane Dulken (2011)

“What's a nine-letter word for a large, web-footed seabird?” ❋ Billy Robinson (2011)

Breathtakingly beautiful, the vertical cliffs are home to Ireland's largest seabird colony - some 30,000 pairs -- including many protected species. ❋ Mickey Goodman (2011)

Guano, a key contributor to 19th-century farming, was renewable fertilizer, made from seabird dung harvested off Peruvian and Namibian islands, but it soon ran out. ❋ Matt Ridley (2011)

The scientists found that seabird breeding success was fairly high and stable when prey densities were average or above. ❋ Carl Safina (2012)

They set out "to test the hypothesis that the form of the numerical response between seabird breeding success and forage fish abundance is consistent across species and ecosystems." ❋ Carl Safina (2012)

And ISSF is working with expert representatives from various stakeholder groups and scientific bodies—biodiversity advocates, ichthyologists, marine fisheries scientists, turtle management preservationists, seafood supply-chain experts, seabird campaigners, and sustainable seafood advisers. ❋ Chris Lischewski (2011)

And friendly as a ghost our seabird goes through the pockets hole by hole looking for the meaning of its own ancient hunger. ❋ Darryl Price (2011)

A tufted puffin from the north Pacific, a medium-sized black seabird with distinctive white facial markings, was recently seen in the UK, though only a handful of spotters were involved and they only got a brief glimpse. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Bear in mind that the world contains hundreds of seabird species, and for most of them there is no data on the relationship between the birds and their food. ❋ Carl Safina (2012)

And another thing happens at the threshold; seabird breeding success becomes not just lower but more variable, a wider range of good and bad. ❋ Carl Safina (2012)

One more thing: although seabird breeding success declines strongly when food abundance goes below average, at above-average food densities breeding success reaches a plateau, and does not change, even as food abundance further increases. ❋ Carl Safina (2012)

I remember being so enthralled by one scene, where the sailors were trying to capture a seabird that had landed on the gunwale, that I almost shouted at my sister, who came into the room just then, Shut up! ❋ Unknown (2009)

February 28, 2009 toothy seabird fossil posted by Deron Bauman in animals, history, science | * | comment ❋ Unknown (2009)

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