Egg-bird

Egg´-bird`


n.1.(Zool.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.