Definition of Boatswain bird

1. Noun. Mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land.

Exact synonyms: Tropic Bird, Tropicbird
Generic synonyms: Pelecaniform Seabird
Group relationships: Genus Phaethon, Phaethon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boatswain Bird

boatmobile
boatmobiles
boatneck
boatnecks
boats
boatsful
boatsman
boatsmen
boatswain
boatswain's chair
boatswain's chairs
boatswain's pipe
boatswain's pipes
boatswain-bird
boatswain-birds
boatswain bird (current term)
boatswains
boattail
boattailed
boattails
boatwoman
boatwomen
boatwright
boatwrights
boatyard
boatyards
bob
bob-cherry
bob about
bob around

Literary usage of Boatswain bird

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1892)
"Birds at boatswain bird Island. Valparaiso, Chile. November 19th to December llth, 1875.-—How Valparaiso came to be called the Vale of Paradise I cannot ..."

2. The Bermuda Islands: An Account of Their Scenery, Climate, Productions by Addison Emery Verrill (1902)
"... never seen to enter their holes in the daytime, but may be seen feeding in flocks at sea. e.—The Tropic Bird. Tropic Bird ; Long-tail; boatswain bird. ..."

3. A Naturalist on Desert Islands by Percy Roycroft Lowe (1911)
"Of all sea-birds, however unpleasant its cry may be, the boatswain-bird is, to us, ... This boatswain-bird arrives in Bermuda every year about the end of ..."

4. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503: The Voyages of the Northmen by Julius Emil Olson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"Here those of the caravel Nina reported that they had seen a tern l and a boatswain bird,2 and these birds never go more than 25 leagues from the land.3 ..."

5. Shipwrecks and disasters at sea by William Henry Giles Kingston (1883)
"Again they appeared from amidst the wreaths of smoke, THE FRIGATE PELICAN, OK boatswain bird. holding up the colours ; but, scarcely had they reached the ..."

6. Tales of the Spanish Main by Mowbray Morris (1901)
"... (which means literally rush-tail), and Englishmen the boatswain-bird ... like the boatswain- bird, breeds in the Bahamas and is met far out at sea. ..."

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