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tropic 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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of tropic bird1
Example Sentences
This is true for zebra finches, waved albatrosses, tropic birds and juncos, too.
The whistles of tropic birds speak of things to come.
However, a tropic bird flew past and put the lesser matter out of mind.
The women had decorated the Captain's neck and broad breast with wreaths—two girls were seated a little farther off, binding into his hat the tail-feathers of the tropic bird.
Birds, too, and particularly men-of-war and tropic birds, were plentifully obtained; so that our navigators had sumptuous entertainment.
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