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]