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BOATSWAIN BIRD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land
Synonyms:
boatswain bird; tropic bird; tropicbird
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("boatswain bird" is a kind of...):
pelecaniform seabird (large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet)
Holonyms ("boatswain bird" is a member of...):
genus Phaethon; Phaethon (type genus of the Phaethontidae)