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coastal diving bird - gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family | ||
sea bird, seabird, seafowl a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. | ||
charadriiformes, order charadriiformes large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life | ||
larid long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family | ||
skimmer gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food |