seafowl

Other forms: seafowls

Definitions of seafowl

1. noun

   a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.
   synonyms: sea bird, seabird

   types:

   coastal diving bird

   gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family

   auk

   black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas

   puffin

   any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills

   gaviiform seabird

   seabirds of the order Gaviiformes

   podicipitiform seabird

   aquatic birds related to the loons

   pelecaniform seabird

   large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet

   sphenisciform seabird

   flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins

   oceanic bird, pelagic bird

   bird of the open seas

   larid

   long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family

   skimmer

   gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food

   jaeger

   rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey

   auklet

   any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts

   Alca torda, razor-billed auk, razorbill

   black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill

   Plautus alle, dovekie, little auk

   small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions

   Pinguinus impennis, great auk

   large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct

   guillemot

   small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas

   Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica

   common puffin of the northern Atlantic

   Fratercula corniculata, horned puffin

   northern Pacific puffin

   Lunda cirrhata, tufted puffin

   northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye

   diver, loon

   large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes

   grebe

   small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet

   pelican

   large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish

   frigate bird, man-of-war bird

   long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail

   gannet

   large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish

   Phalacrocorax carbo, cormorant

   large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish

   anhinga, darter, snakebird

   a fish-eating bird with a long, flexible neck and slender, sharp bill, typically found near warm inland waters

   boatswain bird, tropic bird, tropicbird

   mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land

   penguin

   short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers

   procellariiform seabird

   large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas

   albatross, mollymawk

   large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight

   petrel

   relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land

   diving petrel

   any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas; somewhat resemble auks

   type of:

   aquatic bird

   wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water