FRIGATE BIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frigate bird mean? 

• FRIGATE BIRD (noun)
  The noun FRIGATE BIRD has 1 sense:

1. long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail

  Familiarity information: FRIGATE BIRD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRIGATE BIRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

frigate bird; man-of-war bird

Hypernyms ("frigate bird" is a kind of...):

pelecaniform seabird (large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet)

Holonyms ("frigate bird" is a member of...):

Fregata; genus Fregata (type genus of the Fregatidae)

 Context examples 

You are like a frigate bird swooping down upon the boobies and robbing them of the fish they have caught.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)