| 单词 | tropic bird |
| 释义 | tropic birdor trop·ic·birdnounany 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 called boatswain bird. Origin of tropic birdFirst recorded in 1675–85 Words nearby tropic birdtropical splenomegaly syndrome, tropical sprue, tropical storm, tropical typhus, tropical year, tropic bird, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, tropine, tropism, tropo- Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tropic bird
British Dictionary definitions for tropic birdtropicbird / (ˈtrɒpɪkˌbɜːd) / nounany aquatic bird of the tropical family Phaethontidae, having long slender tail feathers and a white plumage with black markings: order Pelecaniformes (pelicans, cormorants, etc) Word Origin for tropicbirdC17: so called because it is found in the tropical regions Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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