"frigatebird" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹɪ.ɡətˌbɝd/ Forms: frigatebirds [plural]
Etymology: From frigate + bird. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|frigate|bird}} frigate + bird Head templates: {{en-noun}} frigatebird (plural frigatebirds)
  1. Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae. Wikipedia link: frigatebird Categories (lifeform): Suliform birds Synonyms: frigate bird Hyponyms: pirate bird Hyponyms (bird of family Fregatidae; magnificent frigatebird): man o' war bird Derived forms: Ascension frigatebird (taxonomic: Fregata aquila), Christmas frigatebird (taxonomic: Fregata andrewsi), Christmas Island frigatebird (alt: = Christmas frigatebird), magnificent frigatebird (taxonomic: Fregata magnificens), great frigatebird (taxonomic: Fregata minor), lesser frigatebird (taxonomic: Fregata ariel) Translations (bird of the family Fregatidae): fregatvoël (Afrikaans), fregatë [feminine] (Albanian), rabiforcao [masculine] (Asturian), fragata [feminine] (Asturian), fragata (Basque), фрегат (fregat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fregata [feminine] (Catalan), 軍艦鳥 (Chinese Mandarin), 军舰鸟 (jūnjiàn niǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), fregatka [feminine] (Czech), fregatvogel [masculine] (Dutch), fregato (Esperanto), fregattilintu (Finnish), frégate [feminine] (French), fragata [feminine] (Galician), ფრეგატისებრნი (pregaṭisebrni) (Georgian), Fregattvogel [masculine] (German), φρεγάτα (fregáta) [feminine] (Greek), fregatucelo (Ido), cikalang (Indonesian), frigéad [masculine] (Irish), fregata [feminine] (Italian), 軍艦鳥 (gunkandori) (alt: グンカンドリ) (Japanese), 군함조 (gunhamjo) (Korean), Fregattvagel [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), фрега́та (fregáta) [feminine] (Macedonian), simbang (Malay), cikalang (Malay), tawake (Maori), kajap (Mokilese), kedam (Palauan), مرغ دله (morğ-e dale) (Persian), fregata [feminine] (Polish), fragata [feminine] (Portuguese), fregată [feminine] (Romanian), фрега́т (fregát) [masculine] (Russian), rabihorcado [masculine] (Spanish), fragata [feminine] (Spanish), mnandi-pwani (Swahili), fregattfågel [common-gender] (Swedish), นกโจรสลัด (nók john sà-làt) (Thai), นกฟรีเกต (nók-free-gàyt) (Thai), fregat kuşu (Turkish), фрегат (frehat) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cốc biển (Vietnamese), aderyn ffrigad [masculine] (Welsh)
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      "word": "great frigatebird"
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      "taxonomic": "Fregata ariel",
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      "sense": "bird of family Fregatidae; magnificent frigatebird",
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      "word": "pirate bird"
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        {
          "ref": "1987, J. P. Croxall, Seabirds: Feeding Ecology and Role in Marine Ecosystems, page 58:",
          "text": "Unlike most seabirds, frigatebirds are not able to alight on the water.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Penny Olsen, Leo Joseph, Stray Feathers: Reflections on the Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Birds, page 176:",
          "text": "The oceanic frigatebirds are represented in Australia by three species: the Great and Lesser Frigatebirds and endemic Christmas Island Frigatebird (pictured).",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2011, David Horwell, Pete Oxford, Galápagos Wildlife, 3rd edition, page 64:",
          "text": "Often called man o' war birds, they are notorious as piratical cleptomaniacs that steal food from other birds at every opportunity. This reputation is justified, but frigatebirds are also capable of an 'honest' living.\nIt would seem that a frigatebird can discriminate between a bird with a full gullet and one which is empty. An unlucky booby or tropicbird may be plucked out of the air, dangled by the tail-tip and shaken until it regurgitates its food, which the frigatebird then makes off with.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɹɪ.ɡətˌbɝd/"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "fregatvoël"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fregatë"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rabiforcao"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "fragata"
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      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "fragata"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fregat",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "фрегат"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fregata"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "軍艦鳥"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jūnjiàn niǎo",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "军舰鸟"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "fregatka"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fregatvogel"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "fregato"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "fregattilintu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "frégate"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "fragata"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pregaṭisebrni",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "ფრეგატისებრნი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fregattvogel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fregáta",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φρεγάτα"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "fregatucelo"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "cikalang"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "frigéad"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fregata"
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    {
      "alt": "グンカンドリ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gunkandori",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "軍艦鳥"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gunhamjo",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "군함조"
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    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "Fregattvagel"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "fregáta",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фрега́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "simbang"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "cikalang"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "tawake"
    },
    {
      "code": "mkj",
      "lang": "Mokilese",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "kajap"
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    {
      "code": "pau",
      "lang": "Palauan",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "kedam"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "morğ-e dale",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "مرغ دله"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fregata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fragata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fregată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fregát",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фрега́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rabihorcado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fragata"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "mnandi-pwani"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fregattfågel"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nók john sà-làt",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "นกโจรสลัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nók-free-gàyt",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "นกฟรีเกต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "fregat kuşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "frehat",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фрегат"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "word": "cốc biển"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bird of the family Fregatidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aderyn ffrigad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frigatebird"
}

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