red-billed tropic bird

red-billed tropic bird
noun
: a tropic bird (Phaëton aethereus)

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red-billed tropic bird «REHD BIHLD»,
a white tropic bird with a bright orange-red bill. It is found throughout the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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