Tropic bird

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tropic bird
    n 1: mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far
         from land [syn: {tropic bird}, {tropicbird}, {boatswain
         bird}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tropic \Trop"ic\, a.
   Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Tropic bird} (Zool.), any one of three species of oceanic
      belonging to the genus {Phaethon}, found chiefly in
      tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central
      tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed
      tropic bird. {Phaethon flavirostris} (called also
      {boatswain}), is found on the Atlantic coast of America,
      and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
      [1913 Webster]