tropic bird

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tropic bird - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tropic \Trop"ic\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

tropic bird - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tropic bird
      n 1: mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far
           from land [syn: tropic bird, tropicbird, boatswain bird
           ]