oceanic bird meaning

• Noun: oceanic bird
  1. Bird of the open seas
     - pelagic bird

  Derived forms: oceanic birds

  Type of: sea bird, seabird, seafowl

• But isolation has not protected oceanic birds nesting on Midway from environmental contaminants that originate in distant places.
• Oceanic birds may be swept before the winds of such a storm and end up waterlogged and far from home.
• It is pegged to devastating floods, drought and huge shifts in the distribution of fish, oceanic birds and marine mammals.
• In the mid-1990s, Shirihai turned his attention to oceanic birds and marine mammals, particularly those of the Southern Hemisphere.
• The museum has created a home for the butterflies by constructing a vivarium, an enclosed habitat, in its hall of oceanic birds.
• They are coastal rather than oceanic birds, and some have colonised inland waters  indeed, the original ancestor of cormorants seems to have been a fresh-water bird.
• Petrels, prions, storm-petrels, shearwaters and albatrosses comprise a large order of oceanic birds called tubenoses because their nostrils are located in conspicuous, horny sheaths at the base of the bill.
• The result of these overseas investigations was the highly successful use of " Cactoblastis " moths in controlling the " Opuntia " species in Australia and also arousing his interest in oceanic birds.
• The author of over 600 scientific articles, he also wrote such books as " Logbook for Grace : Whaling Brig Daisy, 1912-1913 " and " Oceanic Birds of South America ."
• They are coastal rather than oceanic birds, and some have colonised inland waters  indeed, the original ancestor of cormorants seems to have been a fresh-water bird, judging from the habitat of the most ancient lineage.

• "oceanic bird" meaning in Chinese: [网络] 海洋鸟