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Definition of Man-of-war bird
1. Noun. Long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail.
Generic synonyms: Pelecaniform Seabird
Group relationships: Fregata, Genus Fregata
Lexicographical Neighbors of Man-of-war Bird
Literary usage of Man-of-war bird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD THOU who hast slept all night upon the storm, Waking
renew'd on thy prodigious pinions (Burst the wild storm? above it thou as- ..."
2. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD THOU who hast slept all night upon the storm, Waking
renew'd on thy prodigious pinions (Burst the wild storm? above it thou as- ..."
3. Poems of the English Race by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1921)
"TO THE man-of-war bird* WALT WHITMAN [The "frigate-bird," or petrel, is distinguished
for its size, swiftness, and endurance—never alighting to rest on the ..."
4. American Poems (1625-1892) by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1912)
"TO THE MAN-OF-WAR-BIRD Thou who hast slept all night upon the storm, Waking
renew'd on thy prodigious pinions (Burst the wild storm ? above it thou ..."
5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"Chief towns, Castletown (the capital), Peel, Douglas, and Ramsay. man-of-war bird.
... Manof War Bird ..."
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