SEA SWALLOW Definition & Meaning

sea swallow

any of several terns, especially Sterna hirundo.
British Dialect. any of several small petrels, especially the storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus.

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First recorded in 1590–1600

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Or would it rather evacuate and abandon them, letting the sea swallow the remains of their homes?

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We were looking for the birds – they are Arctic tern, or sea swallows.

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Why did they make birds so delicate and fine as those sea swallows when the ocean can be so cruel?

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White and other petrels flew round us, with some gulls, and birds resembling sea swallows, with a forked tail.

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I wonder will ever we return, or will the great sea swallow us up?

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