phaethon flavirostris

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phaethon flavirostris - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tropic \Trop"ic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
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     Tropic bird (Zool.), any one of three species of oceanic
        belonging to the genus Phaethon, found chiefly in
        tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central
        tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed
        tropic bird. Phaethon flavirostris (called also
        boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America,
        and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
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  Egg-bird \Egg"-bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa)
     of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied
     to the tropic bird, Pha["e]thon flavirostris.
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