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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  boatswain
  水手長


資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Jager \Ja"ger\, n. [G. j["a]ger a hunter, a sportsman. Cf.
     {Yager}.] [Written also {jaeger}.]
     1. (Mil.) A sharpshooter. See {Yager}.
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of gull of the genus
        {Stercorarius}. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast.
        The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to
        disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are
        usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also
        {boatswain}, and {marline-spike bird}. The name is also
        applied to the skua, or Arctic gull ({Megalestris skua}).

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Skua \Sku"a\, n. [Icel. sk?fr, sk?mr.] (Zo["o]l.)
     Any jager gull; especially, the {Megalestris skua}; -- called
     also {boatswain}.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

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

資料來源(5): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Boatswain \Boat"swain\, n. [Boat + swain.]
     1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails,
        rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a
        ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other
        duties.
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) The jager gull.
        (b) The tropic bird.
  
     {Boatswain's mate}, an assistant of the boatswain. --Totten.

資料來源(6): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  boatswain
       n : a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of
           other seamen [syn: {bos'n}, {bo's'n}, {bosun}, {bo'sun}]