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PELAGIC BIRD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bird of the open seas

Synonyms:

oceanic bird; pelagic bird

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pelagic bird" is a kind of...):

sea bird; seabird; seafowl (a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pelagic bird"):

procellariiform seabird (large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas)

albatross; mollymawk (large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight)

petrel (relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land)

diving petrel (any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas; somewhat resemble auks)

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