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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Egg-bird

· Egg·-bird · IPA
01 n. 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…
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    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.(Zoöl.)