Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sea-crow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: sea-crow
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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:

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:

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:

noun

A sapphirine gurnard, a fish of species Chelidonichthys lucerna (syn. Trigla hirundo).

Example Sentences

"For quotations using this term, see Citations:sea-crow."
"[...] the Sea-Crow[, so called] from his Blackness."
"[page 137:] And here the Dory spends his easy Days. / Here Sea-Crows dwell, nam'd from their dusky Hue, / And tim'rous Shade-Fish the blind Haunts pursue. [page 244:] Here sea-crows dwell, and the lov'd haunt pursue, / Smeetch'd with dark stain, and nam'd from dusky hue."

Etymology

Calque of Latin corvus maritimus (“cormorant”).

Inflected Forms

sea-crows (plural) sea crow (alternative) seacrow (alternative)

Questions

What does sea-crow mean?: 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:
Where does sea-crow come from?: Calque of Latin corvus maritimus (“cormorant”).

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