Found 2 items, similar to Tropic bird.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tropic bird
tropic bird
n : mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far
from land [syn:
tropicbird,
boatswain bird]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tropic bird
Tropic
\Trop"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
[1913 Webster]
Tropic bird (Zo["o]l.), any one of three species of oceanic
belonging to the genus
Pha["e]thon, found chiefly in
tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central
tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed
tropic bird.
Pha["e]thon flavirostris (called also
boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America,
and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
[1913 Webster]