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boatswain-bird

boatswain-bird noun: a tropical bird, Phaethon aethereus, often found far from land, whose cry resembles the whistle of a boatswain's pipe.

Noun

boatswain-bird (plural boatswain-birds)

  1. A tropical bird, Phaethon aethereus, often found far from land, whose cry resembles the whistle of a boatswain's pipe.

boatswain-bird meaning in Tamil

boatswain-bird in Tamil

மலம்பூவை, நாகணவாய்ப் பறவைவகை

Forms of boatswain-bird

pluralboatswain-birds

Questions about boatswain-bird

What does boatswain-bird mean?
Boatswain-bird means a tropical bird, Phaethon aethereus, often found far from land, whose cry resembles the whistle of a boatswain's pipe.
What is boatswain-bird in Tamil?
Boatswain-bird in Tamil is மலம்பூவை, நாகணவாய்ப் பறவைவகை. See Boatswain-bird meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is boatswain-bird?
Boatswain-bird is a noun.
What is the plural of boatswain-bird?
The plural of boatswain-bird is boatswain-birds.

Words near boatswain-bird in the dictionary

  1. boatswain's chair
  2. boatswain's chairs
  3. boatswain's mate
  4. boatswain's pipe
  5. boatswain's pipes
  6. boatswain-bird
  7. boatswain-birds
  8. Boatswainbird Island
  9. boatswains
  10. boatswen
  11. boatswoman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boatswain-bird (page history and authors); boatswain-bird (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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