TROPIC BIRD Definition & Meaning

tropic bird

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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.

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Origin of tropic bird¹

First recorded in 1675–85

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This is true for zebra finches, waved albatrosses, tropic birds and juncos, too.

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The whistles of tropic birds speak of things to come.

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However, a tropic bird flew past and put the lesser matter out of mind.

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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.

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Birds, too, and particularly men-of-war and tropic birds, were plentifully obtained; so that our navigators had sumptuous entertainment.

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