Boatswain-bird
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Boatswain-bird is a noun meaning A tropical bird, Phaethon aethereus, often found far from land, whose cry resembles the whistle of a boatswain's pipe.
Meaning
A tropical bird, Phaethon aethereus, often found far from land, whose cry resembles the whistle of a boatswain's pipe.
Word Forms
- boatswain-birds
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wallbird, tropicbird, phaethontid, boonk, whippoorwill, blackbirder.
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