Sea-crow

Quick meaning: Sea-crow is a noun meaning (rare) A sapphirine gurnard, a fish of species Chelidonichthys lucerna (syn. Trigla hirundo).

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (chiefly regional) 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:

Example Sentences

[...] 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.

Word Forms

• sea-crows
• seacrow

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