man-of-war bird

British  

noun

1. another name for frigate bird

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Example Sentences

The pelicans were plundered by all their fish-eating neighbors, even the big terns; but the man-of-war bird robbed the robbers.

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The beautiful long tail-feathers of the tropic or man-of-war bird were used for the same purpose.

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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?

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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.

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Newton says that the name “man-of-war bird” has generally passed out of use in books. 103-2 Rather, the Guards, the name given to the two brightest stars in the constellation of the Little Bear.

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