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单词 mutton bird
释义

mutton bird in American English

noun
any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, esp Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater), which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere
Also: mutton-bird
Word origin
[1840–50]

Examples of 'mutton bird' in a sentence
mutton bird

It turned out that mutton birds like to nest under the wooden deck.Other mutton birds decided to crash the meal, literally.Mutton birds and terns were nesting on every branch.

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