Unlike most seabirds, frigatebirds are not able to alight on the water.
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Frigatebird
//ˈfɹɪ.ɡətˌbɝd//
Synonyms for "frigatebird"
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2 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
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5 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 42 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- fregatvoël noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Albanian
1 entries- fregatë noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Asturian
2 entries- fragata noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
- rabiforcao noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Basque
1 entries- fragata noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фрегат noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Catalan
1 entries- fregata noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 軍艦鳥 /军舰鸟 noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Czech
1 entries- fregatka noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Dutch
1 entries- fregatvogel noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Esperanto
1 entries- fregato noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Finnish
1 entries- fregattilintu noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
French
1 entries- frégate noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Galician
1 entries- fragata noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Georgian
1 entries- ფრეგატისებრნი noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
German
1 entries- Fregattvogel noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Greek
1 entries- φρεγάτα noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻiwa noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Ido
1 entries- fregatucelo noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Indonesian
1 entries- cikalang noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Irish
1 entries- frigéad noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Italian
1 entries- fregata noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Japanese
1 entries- 軍艦鳥 noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Korean
1 entries- 군함조 noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Low German
1 entries- Fregattvagel noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Macedonian
1 entries- фрега́та noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Malay
2 entries- cikalang noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
- simbang noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Mokilese
1 entries- kajap noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Māori
1 entries- tawake noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Palauan
1 entries- kedam noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Persian
1 entries- مرغ دله noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Polish
1 entries- fregata noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Portuguese
1 entries- fragata noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Romanian
1 entries- fregată noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Russian
1 entries- фрега́т noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Spanish
2 entries- fragata noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
- rabihorcado noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Swahili
1 entries- mnandi-pwani noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Swedish
1 entries- fregattfågel noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Thai
2 entries- นกฟรีเกต noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
- นกโจรสลัด noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Turkish
1 entries- fregat kuşu noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фрегат noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cốc biển noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Welsh
1 entries- aderyn ffrigad noun (bird of the family Fregatidae)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The oceanic frigatebirds are represented in Australia by three species: the Great and Lesser Frigatebirds and endemic Christmas Island Frigatebird (pictured).
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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. It 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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