boatswain bird
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of boatswain bird
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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When lookouts spotted a tern and a boatswain bird zipping overhead, hope of sighting land ran high.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soft breezes, another boatswain bird and a sea of floating weed with a live crab still enmeshed in it pleased everyone, and "the best sailors went ahead to sight land first."
From Time Magazine Archive
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