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sea-crow¹

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Calque of Latin corvus maritimus (“cormorant”).

noun sea-crows · sea crow · seacrow

  1. regional A gull. For quotations using this term, see Citations:sea-crow.
  2. regional A chough (Pyrrhocorax spp.). For quotations using this term, see Citations:sea-crow.
  3. regional A cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.). For quotations using this term, see Citations:sea-crow.

sea-crow²

Where it comes from

Named either for its dark colour, or from the noise it makes when caught, which is fancied to resemble a crow's caw.

noun sea-crows

  1. rare A sapphirine gurnard, a fish of species Chelidonichthys lucerna (syn. Trigla hirundo). [...] the Sea-Crow[, so called] from his Blackness.

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@misc{sea_crow_2026,
  title = {sea-crow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sea-crow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}