WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sea′ swal′low, 
    1. Birdsany of several terns, esp. Sterna hirundo.
    2. Birds, British Terms[Brit. Dial.]any of several small petrels, esp. the storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus.
    • 1590–1600

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sea swallow
  1. a popular name for tern1

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