boatswain

• a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
• 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
• The jager gull
• The tropic bird

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