Mother Carey's chicken

Mother Car·ey's chicken

C0113000 (kâr′ēz)n. A petrel, especially a storm-petrel.

[Possibly alteration and partial translation of Medieval Latin māter cāra, Virgin Mary : Latin māter, mother + Latin cāra, feminine of cārus, dear; see kā- in Indo-European roots.]

Mother Carey's chicken

(ˈkɛərɪz) n (Animals) another name for storm petrel[origin unknown]

Moth′er Car′ey's chick′en

(ˈkɛər iz)
n. storm petrel. [1760–70; orig. uncertain]

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Noun

Mother Carey's chicken - medium-sized storm petrel Mother Carey's hen, Oceanites oceanicusstorm petrel - any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underpartsgenus Oceanites, Oceanites - a genus of Hydrobatidae

Mother Carey's chicken

Mother Carey's chicken:

see petrelpetrel
, common name given various oceanic birds belonging, like the albatross and the shearwater, to the order known commonly as tube-nosed swimmers. There are two families of petrels: the storm petrels (Hydrobatidae) and the diving petrels (Pelecanoididae).
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Mother Carey's chicken

noun

Synonyms for Mother Carey's chicken

noun medium-sized storm petrel

Synonyms

Mother Carey's hen
Oceanites oceanicus

Related Words

storm petrel
genus Oceanites
Oceanites

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