man-of-war bird

English

Noun

man-of-war bird (plural man-of-war birds)

1. Any of various (especially predatory) seabirds, especially a frigatebird or the Arctic skua. [from 18th c.]
   • 1790, William Bligh, A Narrative of the Mutiny:

     [A]s I saw the same again in the morning, and some men of war birds, I was led to believe we were not far from land.