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A bird that looked at the endless ocean and said: mine.
means A bird that lives on or near the open sea, feeding mostly on marine life and often nesting in colonies along coasts or islands.
from A plain English compound — 'sea' plus 'bird' — stitched together once English speakers needed to distinguish the gulls and albatrosses from the sparrows and robins of dry land. No hidden root to uncover here; it's as literal as compound words get, which is sort of the point: some things don't need disguising to be grand.
- albatross sleep
- some species sleep while gliding mid-flight
- wandering albatross
- can circle the globe without landing
- salt glands
- many seabirds drink seawater and sneeze out the salt
- longevity record
- a banded albatross named Wisdom is over 70