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Man-of-war bird   /mæn-əv-wɔr bərd/   Listen
Man-of-war bird

noun
1.
Long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail.  Synonym: frigate bird.





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"Man-of-war bird" Quotes from Famous Books



... equivalent is "frigate bird." It is "the Fregata aquila of most ornithologists, the Fregate of French and the Rabihorcado of Spanish mariners." Newton, Dictionary of Birds, art. "Frigate-Bird." Newton says that the name "man-of-war bird" has generally passed out of use ...
— The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 • Various


Words linked to "Man-of-war bird" :   Fregata, pelecaniform seabird, genus Fregata


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