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Webster 1913 Edition
Egg-bird
Egg′-birdˊ
,Noun.
(Zoöl.)
A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (
Sterna fuliginosa
) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaëthon flavirostris
. Definition 2024
egg-bird
egg-bird
English
Noun
- (dated) A species of tern, especially the sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)) of the West Indies or, in the Bahamas, Phaethon lepturus.