mutton bird

or mutton-bird

noun

any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris(short-tailed shearwater ) of Australia and Puffinus griseus(sooty shearwater ), which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.

Origin of mutton bird

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby mutton bird

Mutsuhito, mutt, Mutt and Jeff, mutter, mutton, mutton bird, muttonbirder, mutton chop, muttonchops, mutton corn, muttonfish

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Example sentences from the Web for mutton bird

For food, there was shell-fish and mutton-bird eggs, with no lack of boiling water to cook them.
The Moon Rock|Arthur J. Rees
Starvation stared them in the face, when it was discovered that Mount Pitt was honeycombed with mutton-bird burrows.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders|Ernest Scott
The mutton-bird, it will therefore be allowed, is the most prolific of all avian colonists.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders|Ernest Scott

British Dictionary definitions for mutton bird

muttonbird

/ (ˈmʌtənˌbɜːd) /

noun

Australian any of several shearwaters, having a dark plumage with greyish underparts, esp the sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) of New Zealand, which is collected for food by Māoris. It inhabits the Pacific Ocean and in summer nests in Australia and New Zealand

any of various petrels esp the short tailed shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris, which inhabits the Pacific Ocean and in summer nests in S Australia

Word Origin for muttonbird

C19: so named because their cooked flesh is claimed to taste like mutton

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	mutton bird
释义	mutton bird or mutton-bird noun any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris(short-tailed shearwater ) of Australia and Puffinus griseus(sooty shearwater ), which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere. Origin of mutton bird First recorded in 1840–50 Words nearby mutton bird Mutsuhito, mutt, Mutt and Jeff, mutter, mutton, mutton bird, muttonbirder, mutton chop, muttonchops, mutton corn, muttonfish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mutton bird For food, there was shell-fish and mutton-bird eggs, with no lack of boiling water to cook them. The Moon Rock\|Arthur J. Rees Starvation stared them in the face, when it was discovered that Mount Pitt was honeycombed with mutton-bird burrows. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders\|Ernest Scott The mutton-bird, it will therefore be allowed, is the most prolific of all avian colonists. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders\|Ernest Scott British Dictionary definitions for mutton bird muttonbird / (ˈmʌtənˌbɜːd) / noun Australian any of several shearwaters, having a dark plumage with greyish underparts, esp the sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) of New Zealand, which is collected for food by Māoris. It inhabits the Pacific Ocean and in summer nests in Australia and New Zealand any of various petrels esp the short tailed shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris, which inhabits the Pacific Ocean and in summer nests in S Australia Word Origin for muttonbird C19: so named because their cooked flesh is claimed to taste like mutton Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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