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noun
Any of the various seabirds of the order Phaethontiformes, typically found in the open ocean in the tropics
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tropic bird, boatswain bird
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pelecaniform seabird
History
From tropic + bird.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
