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    BOATSWAIN BIRD

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from landplay

    Synonyms:

    boatswain bird; tropic bird; tropicbird

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("boatswain bird" is a kind of...):

    pelecaniform seabird (large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet)

    Holonyms ("boatswain bird" is a member of...):

    genus Phaethon; Phaethon (type genus of the Phaethontidae)

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