英语词汇“mutton bird”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mutton bird

noun

A shearwater or petrel of the southern oceans.

Family Procellariidae: several species, in particular (in Australia) the short-tailed shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris), and (in New Zealand) the sooty shearwater (P. griseus).

Also known as mutton birds, the shearwaters usually travel past the west coast of Ireland before crossing the Atlantic to nest in their native Tierra Del Fuego during mid December....

The Maori cuisine is based on seafood, mutton birds (young petrels), wild pork or fowl, fat lamb, and kumara.
Similarly, we have the example of the mutton birds in the Titi Islands.

Origin

Early 19th century: because when cooked, the flesh of some species resembles mutton in flavour.

单词	mutton bird
释义	mutton bird noun A shearwater or petrel of the southern oceans. Family Procellariidae: several species, in particular (in Australia) the short-tailed shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris), and (in New Zealand) the sooty shearwater (P. griseus). Also known as mutton birds, the shearwaters usually travel past the west coast of Ireland before crossing the Atlantic to nest in their native Tierra Del Fuego during mid December.... The Maori cuisine is based on seafood, mutton birds (young petrels), wild pork or fowl, fat lamb, and kumara. Similarly, we have the example of the mutton birds in the Titi Islands. Origin Early 19th century: because when cooked, the flesh of some species resembles mutton in flavour.
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