| 单词 | mutton-bird gale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmutton-bird gale mutton-bird gale n. Australian a seasonal gale coinciding with the annual arrival of flocks of mutton-birds to nest on the Tasmanian coast and islands of the Bass Strait; (hence also) a flock of mutton-birds; usually in plural. ΚΠ 1910 F. M. Littler Handbk. Birds Tasmania 167 The birds commence to come in for laying purposes just a few minutes after sunset. Just at this time of the year heavy gales usually blow, which are known as ‘Mutton-bird gales’. 1954 A. Moorehead Rum Jungle ix. 133 It is usually in a gale (known as the ‘mutton bird gale’)..that the main swarm suddenly appears. 1957 Sydney Morning Herald 10 Nov. 41/1 Down in Bass Strait they are awaiting the Mutton Bird Gales, one of nature's most majestic and mysterious phenomena. Beginning about November 17, millions of mutton birds will come whirling up the strait. 1980 H. W. Cummings Confessions of ‘Mud Skipper’ 42 As we ran for Bass Strait it turned into a full ‘mutton bird gale’. < as lemmas |
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