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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sea-pie en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of sea pie (“food”).
    alt of sea pie
  2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of sea pie (“bird”).
    alt of sea pie
    • And the terns hovered over Tom like huge white dragon-flies with black heads, and the gulls laughed like girls at play, and the sea-pies, with their red bills and legs, flew to and fro from shore to shore, and whistled sweet and wild. 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:

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sea-pies Number=Plur lexicographic