VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / egg-bird

Thesaurus: egg-bird

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, Phaethon flavirostris.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

terndefinitionapplieddefinitionbirddefinitionESPdefinitionindiesdefinitionislandsdefinitionnamedefinitionsootydefinitionspeciesdefinitionsternadefinitionwestdefinitiontropicdefinitionphaethondefinitionegg onneighboregg rollneighboregg squashneighboregg timerneighboregg whiteneighboregg yieldneighboregg yolkneighboregg-and-anchorneighboregg-and-dartneighboregg-and-tongueneighboregg-cupneighboregg-filledneighboregg-glassneighboregg-laying mammalneighboregg-producersneighbor

Definitions

  1. 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, Phaethon flavirostris.
  2. 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.
  3. A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) ofthe West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to thetropic bird, Phaëthon flavirostris.