oceanic bird meaning

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

  Derived forms: oceanic birds

  Type of: sea bird, seabird, seafowl

• oceanic:    Adjective: oceanic ...
• oceanic abyss:    Noun: oceanic abys ...
• oceanic bonito:    Noun: oceanic boni ...

Examples

1. But isolation has not protected oceanic birds nesting on Midway from environmental contaminants that originate in distant places.
2. Oceanic birds may be swept before the winds of such a storm and end up waterlogged and far from home.
3. It is pegged to devastating floods, drought and huge shifts in the distribution of fish, oceanic birds and marine mammals.
4. In the mid-1990s, Shirihai turned his attention to oceanic birds and marine mammals, particularly those of the Southern Hemisphere.
5. The museum has created a home for the butterflies by constructing a vivarium, an enclosed habitat, in its hall of oceanic birds.