oceanbird

2. A poetic name for a seabird that follows ships across the sea.

Sailors told tales of the oceanbird that never left their wake.

3. A fictional or mythical bird said to spend its whole life over the open sea.

In the story, the oceanbird slept on the wind and never touched land.

4. Any bird adapted to life far from shore, such as an albatross or petrel.

Scientists tagged the oceanbird to track its long journeys across the Pacific.