frigate : Idioms & Phrases

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Frigate bird

  • noun long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail
    man-of-war bird.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a web-footed rapacious bird, of the genus Fregata; called also man-of-war bird, and frigate pelican. Two species are known; that of the Southern United States and West Indies is F. aquila. They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They are related to the pelicans.
Webster 1913

Frigate mackerel

  • (Zoöl.), an oceanic fish (Auxis Rochei) of little or no value as food, often very abundant off the coast of the United States.
Webster 1913

Frigate pelican

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Frigate bird.
Webster 1913

frigate-built

Frig"ate-built" adjective
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.
Webster 1913

guided missile frigate

  • noun a frigate that carries guided missiles
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