Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A rapacious gull-like bird of the genus Stercorarius or Lestris; a jäger; a skua. See cut under Stercorarius. Macgillivray.

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Examples

  • Remember that it is as absurd an argument to say that these sea-creatures with gross names were sought for gross purposes, as to say that the sea-comb is sought for the adornment of the hair, the fish named sea-hawk to catch birds, the fish named the little boar for the hunting of boars, or the sea-skull to raise the dead.

    The Defense Apuleius 2008

  • Remember that it is as absurd an argument to say that these sea-creatures with gross names were sought for gross purposes, as to say that the sea-comb is sought for the adornment of the hair, the fish named sea-hawk to catch birds, the fish named the little boar for the hunting of boars, or the sea-skull to raise the dead.

    The Defense Apuleius 2008

  • And a white sea-hawk makes a nest on a high stone, and sometimes looks out with her white head over the edge of the rocks.

    The Ladybird 2003

  • "Ye did weel for a beginner," says that wild young sea-hawk.

    The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars

  • His fierce, light eyes, like those of a sea-hawk, swept slowly around the audience and lit on Jeremy.

    The Black Buccaneer 1934

  • Shrill as the shriek of the sea-hawk the whistles of the Boatswain and his Mates pierced that ominous low sound, dissipating it; and yielding to the mechanism of discipline, the throng was thinned by one half.

    Billy Budd 1924

  • Remember that it is as absurd an argument to say that these sea-creatures with gross names were sought for gross purposes, as to say that the sea-comb is sought for the adornment of the hair, the fish named sea-hawk to catch birds, the fish named the little boar for the hunting of boars, or the sea-skull to raise the dead.

    The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914

  • On a sudden he turns; with a sea-hawk scream, and a gibe, and a song,

    Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools 1910

  • And a sea-hawk flung down a skeleton fish as he flew,

    Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools 1910

  • On a sudden he turns; with a sea-hawk scream, and a gibe, and a song,

    The Revenge of Hamish 1909

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