wandering albatross

American  

noun

1. a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.

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wandering albatross British  

noun

1. a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, having a very wide wingspan and a white plumage with black wings

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Example Sentences

Given its giant size, the wandering albatross must depend on air currents to help it soar and save energy as its 3-meter wingspan carries it over vast swaths of open ocean.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023

Maliki Crawford’s 79-inch arm-span isn’t quite the 12.1-foot wingspan of the wandering albatross, but don’t tell that to the receivers trying to catch passes after he utilizes his reach to make a deflection.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2022

The plane and its long wing borrow from the wandering albatross and its 11-foot wingspan that allow it to fly 600 miles without flapping wings.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2021

Dippers walk alone and underwater, on the beds of mountain streams, and a wandering albatross may glide on its three-metre wingspan 500 miles away from any other albatrosses.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2018

During the heavy weather, Mother Carey's chickens only were seen, but, as the wind abated, the majestic wandering albatross, the sooty albatross and the mollymawk followed in our wake.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir