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noun
Any of various birds which may be found at sea or along the coast, especially those of a size or color similar to a crow, or with similar habits:
A gull.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: regional
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noun
Any of various birds which may be found at sea or along the coast, especially those of a size or color similar to a crow, or with similar habits:
A chough (Pyrrhocorax spp.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: regional
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noun
Any of various birds which may be found at sea or along the coast, especially those of a size or color similar to a crow, or with similar habits:
A cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: regional
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noun
A sapphirine gurnard, a fish of species Chelidonichthys lucerna (syn. Trigla hirundo).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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History
Calque of Latin corvus maritimus (“cormorant”).
Named either for its dark colour, or from the noise it makes when caught, which is fancied to resemble a crow's caw.
