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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Trop·ic, a. Of or pertaining to the tropics; tropical.
 Tropic bird Zool., any one of three species of oceanic belonging to the genus Phaethon, found chiefly in tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed tropic bird. Phaethon flavirostris (called also boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America, and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tropic bird
      n : mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far
          from land [syn: tropicbird, boatswain bird]