单词 | mother-careys-chicken |
释义 | Mother Carey's chicken in British English (ˈkɛərɪz) noun another name for storm petrel Word origin origin unknownMother Carey's chicken in American English (ˈkɛriz) storm petrel Mother Carey's chicken in American English (ˈkɛəriz) noun any of various small petrels, esp. the stormy petrel Oceanites oceanicus Word origin [1760–70; orig. uncert.]This word is first recorded in the period 1760–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boutique, icing, letdown, right of way, sounding boardDefinition of 'Mother Carey's chicken' |
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