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red-tailed tropicbird

red-tailed tropicbird noun: a species of tropicbird native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Phaethon rubricauda.

red-tailed tropicbird: a species of tropicbird native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Phaethon rubricauda
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Noun

red-tailed tropicbird (plural red-tailed tropicbirds)

  1. A species of tropicbird native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Phaethon rubricauda.
    • Among other birds, the green parakeets were found in abundance, also the red-tailed tropic-bird, which nests in the pumice tufts.1932, Chamber's Journal, volume 1, page 198
    Synonyms:
    amokura

Synonyms of red-tailed tropicbird

Forms of red-tailed tropicbird

pluralred-tailed tropicbirds

Questions about red-tailed tropicbird

What does red-tailed tropicbird mean?
Red-tailed tropicbird means a species of tropicbird native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Phaethon rubricauda.
What part of speech is red-tailed tropicbird?
Red-tailed tropicbird is a noun.
What is the plural of red-tailed tropicbird?
The plural of red-tailed tropicbird is red-tailed tropicbirds.

Words near red-tailed tropicbird in the dictionary

  1. red-tailed phascogales
  2. red-tailed shrike
  3. red-tailed shrikes
  4. red-tailed squirrel
  5. red-tailed squirrels
  6. red-tailed tropicbird
  7. red-tailed tropicbirds
  8. red-tapeism
  9. red-tapism
  10. red-tapisms
  11. red-tapist

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