Meanings
nounred-tailed tropicbird (plural red-tailed tropicbirds)
plural red-tailed tropicbirds
- 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 198Synonyms: amokura
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA species of tropicbird native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Phaethon rubricauda.
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Translations
Dutch roodstaartkeerkringvogel
- roodstaartkeerkringvogelspecies of tropicbird
Finnish valkotropiikkilintu
- valkotropiikkilintuspecies of tropicbird
French phaéton à brins rouges
- phaéton à brins rougesspecies of tropicbird
German Rotschwanz-Tropikvogel
- Rotschwanz-Tropikvogelspecies of tropicbird
Māori amokura
- amokuraspecies of tropicbird
Russian краснохво́стый фаэто́н
- краснохво́стый фаэто́н (krasnoxvóstyj faetón)species of tropicbird
Spanish ave del trópico de cola roja, rabijunco colirrojo
- ave del trópico de cola rojaspecies of tropicbird
- rabijunco colirrojospecies of tropicbird
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