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- noun Plural form of
egg-bird .
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Examples
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On the 28th, in the latitude of 33° 7 'S., longitude 102° 33' W., we began to see flying-fish, egg-birds, and nodies, which are said not to go above sixty or eighty leagues from land; but of this we have no certainty.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784
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But upon the shore were some egg-birds; a small sort of curlew; blue and white herons; and
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In the latitude of 21° we saw flying-fish, gannets, and egg-birds.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784
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Of land-birds there were hardly any, and sea-birds but few; these were men-of-war, tropic, and egg-birds, noddies, tern, &c.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784
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The only birds we saw, were some white egg-birds, terns, and noddies; and one white heron, on the shore.
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We passed two or three small pieces of rock weed, and saw two or three birds known by the name of egg-birds; but saw no other signs of land.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784
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Of land-birds there were hardly any, and sea-birds but few; these were men-of-war, tropic, and egg-birds, noddies, tern, &c.
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 James Cook 1753
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On the 28th, in the latitude of 33° 7 'S., longitude 102° 33' W., we began to see flying-fish, egg-birds, and nodies, which are said not to go above sixty or eighty leagues from land; but of this we have no certainty.
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 James Cook 1753
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We passed two or three small pieces of rock weed, and saw two or three birds known by the name of egg-birds; but saw no other signs of land.
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 James Cook 1753
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In the latitude of 21° we saw flying-fish, gannets, and egg-birds.
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 James Cook 1753
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