Fish-eating bird
The crossword clue "Fish-eating bird" is answered by ERNE, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ERNE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERNE answer page.
Used 27 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SEAEAGLE (3 uses in xd)
- SEAHAWK (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ERNE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERNE, most used first.
- Sea eagle - used 355 times, most recently in 2026
- Sea bird - used 124 times, most recently in 2022
- White-tailed eagle - used 42 times, most recently in 2018
- Marine eagle - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Coastal raptor - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Fish-eating eagle - used 34 times, most recently in 2018
- Lake in Ireland - used 34 times, most recently in 1991
- Sea flier - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Shore bird - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
- Coastal flier - used 27 times, most recently in 2016
- Coastal bird - used 25 times, most recently in 2020
- Coastal eagle - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Wading bird - IBIS, used 194 times
- Extinct bird - DODO, used 158 times
- Diving bird - LOON, used 154 times
- Colorful fish - OPAH, used 112 times
- Hawaii's state bird - NENE, used 104 times
- Graceful bird - SWAN, used 100 times
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