man-of-war bird

British  

noun

1. another name for frigate bird

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Example Sentences

Just then he saw a man-of-war bird with his long black wings circling in the sky ahead of him.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

Did they trace the flight of that tropic man-of-war bird, sailing high up in the heavens, heading seaward, away into the distant future, through clouds and sunshine, rain and storm?

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

Until 1909, the inhabitants consisted of the Laysan albatross, black-footed albatross, sooty tern, gray-backed tern, noddy tern, Hawaiian tern, white tern, Bonin petrel, two shearwaters, the red-tailed tropic bird, two boobies and the man-of-war bird.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

The captain of marines also shot an albatross or man-of-war bird, so called from its manner of skimming through the air after other birds, which the seamen compare to sailing.

From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford

The frigate-birds were called by the sailors the man-of-war bird, and also the sea-hawk.

From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick