| 单词 | tropic bird |
| 释义 | tropic bird in American English any of a family (Phaethontidae) of tropical pelecaniform sea birds characterized by white plumage with black markings and a pair of long tail feathers tropic bird in American Englishnoun any of several web-footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatlyelongated central tail feathers Also: tropicbird. Also called: boatswain bird Word origin [1675–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1675–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: hustle, mouthpiece, muscular, retouch, upstreamExamples of 'tropic bird' in a sentence |
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