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trop'ic bird"
any of several web-footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatly elongated central tail feathers.
Also,trop'ic•bird".Also called
boatswain bird. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.