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seafowl

noun

Etymology

From Middle English sefoul, from Old English sǣfugol (“seabird”), equivalent to sea + fowl. Cognate with Dutch zeevogel, German Seevogel, Swedish sjöfågel, Icelandic sjófugl.

  1. inherited from sǣfugol — “seabird”
  2. inherited from sefoul

Definitions

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for seafowl. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA