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red-tailed tropicbird

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of tropicbird native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Phaethon rubricauda.

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  • Dutch: roodstaartkeerkringvogel — species of tropicbird
  • Finnish: valkotropiikkilintu — species of tropicbird
  • French: phaéton à brins rouges — species of tropicbird
  • German: Rotschwanz-Tropikvogel — species of tropicbird
  • Māori: amokura — species of tropicbird
  • Marshallese: ļokwājek — species of tropicbird
  • Russian: краснохво́стый фаэто́н (krasnoxvóstyj faetón) — species of tropicbird
  • Spanish: ave del trópico de cola roja — species of tropicbird
  • Spanish: rabijunco colirrojo — species of tropicbird