| 单词 | pelagic bird |
| 释义 | pelagic bird (once / 1688473 pages) n WORD FAMILY pelagic bird: pelagic birds USAGE EXAMPLESOther unusual sightings were pelagic birds such as jaegers, shearwaters and petrels. New York Times(Sep 01, 2011) On the ocean, "there are wrecks of pelagic birds, birds that never come to shore," Meteyer said. Washington Post(Jan 07, 2011) With the want of foresight peculiar to the great pelagic birds, the alcatra builds his nest where several branches of trees unite together. Humboldt, Alexander von, Personal Narrative of Travels to th...(2010) n bird of the open seas Syn|Hypo|Hyper oceanic 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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