单词 | oceanic bird |
释义 | oceanic bird (once / 256942 pages) n WORD FAMILY oceanic bird: oceanic birds USAGE EXAMPLESTheir observations are sunfish-based, but they also involve those fantastic oceanic birds, the albatrosses. Scientific American(Feb 02, 2012) White dots, numerous as stars, speckled the cliff side — oceanic birds by the thousands. New York Times(May 13, 2011) A sudden wind or storm will drive coast-flying birds hundreds of miles out to sea, and oceanic birds may be blown as far inland. Beebe, William, The Log of the Sun—A Chronicle of N...(2010) n bird of the open seas Syn|Hypo|Hyper pelagic bird procellariiform seabird large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas albatross, mollymawklarge web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight petrelrelatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land diving petrelany of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas; somewhat resemble auks Diomedea exulans, wandering albatrossvery large albatross; white with wide black wings Diomedea nigripes, black-footed albatross, gooney, gooney bird, goonie, goonya variety of albatross with black feet Procellaria aequinoctialis, white-chinned petrellarge black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin Macronectes giganteus, giant fulmar, giant petrellarge brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas Fulmarus glacialis, fulmar, fulmar petrelheavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions shearwaterlong-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves storm petrelany of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts sea bird, seabird, seafowl a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc. |
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