BOATSWAIN BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boatswain bird mean? 

• BOATSWAIN BIRD (noun)
  The noun BOATSWAIN BIRD has 1 sense:

1. mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land

  Familiarity information: BOATSWAIN BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOATSWAIN BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

boatswain bird; tropic bird; tropicbird

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)