tropic bird
or trop·ic·bird
noun
any of several web-footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatly elongated central tail feathers.
Also called
boatswain bird.
Origin of tropic bird
First recorded in 1675–85
Words nearby tropic bird
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trophy wife,
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tropic of cancer,
tropic of capricorn,
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tropical abscess,
tropical acne
Example sentences from the Web for tropic bird
Like the albatross and the tropic-bird, forever on the wing, For them nor night nor breaking morn may peace nor shelter bring.
War Poetry of the South |VariousAt this time, we saw a tropic-bird, and a dolphin, the first that we had observed during the passage.