BOATSWAIN BIRD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land

Synonyms:

boatswain bird; tropic bird; tropicbird

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Nouns denoting animals

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)

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