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Noun: tropicbird
  1. Mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land
    "The tropicbird's long tail streamers made it easily identifiable in flight";
    - tropic bird, boatswain bird

Derived forms: tropic birds, tropicbirds

Type of: pelecaniform seabird

Part of: genus Phaethon, Phaethon

Encyclopedia: Tropicbird