A frigate bird (genus Fregata). Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Pelecaniformes > [noun] > fregata aquila (frigate-bird) (9) alcatras1584 A frigate bird (genus Fregata). Obsolete. man-of-war hawk1657 More fully man-of-war bird, †man-of-war hawk. Any of various seabirds, esp. predatory ones which attack other seabirds in order to steal their food… albatross1733 A frigate bird (genus Fregata); esp. (in the Caribbean) the magnificent frigate bird, F. magnificens. Cf. alcatras, n. 2. Obsolete. frigate-bird1738 A large swift-flying raptorial bird (Fregata aquila or Tachypetes aquilus), found near land in the tropical and warmer temperate seas. Also frigate… sea-eagle1845 An eagle of the genus Haliaëtus, esp. the White-tailed Eagle, H. albicilla, which older writers confounded with the Osprey or so-called Fishing… sea-hawk1852 One of various gull-like birds, as one of the skuas, and the frigate-bird. hurricane-bird1879 the frigate-bird. son-of-the-sun1895 son-of-the-sun: a frigate bird; esp. the great frigate bird, Fregata minor. Now rare or disused. Subcategories:— types of (1) |
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