man-of-war bird
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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 William Temple Hornaday
"While in the air the man-of-war bird pounces upon them; and they are chased in the water by the bonito and albacore: thus constantly persecuted, they do not become very numerous."
From The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea by Mrs. David Osborne
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 Frederick O'Brien
The pelicans were plundered by all their fish-eating neighbors, even the big terns; but the man-of-war bird robbed the robbers.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
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