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    PELAGIC BIRD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Bird of the open seasplay

    Synonyms:

    oceanic bird; pelagic bird

    Classified under:

    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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