| 单词 | Mother Carey's chicken |
| 释义 | Mother Carey's chicken (once / 281413 pages) n WORD FAMILY Mother Carey's chicken USAGE EXAMPLESMother Carey's chicken hovers near when the elements are at strife. O'Shea, John Augustus, Romantic Spain—A Record of Personal...(2010) There is another interesting thing about Mother Carey's chicken, and that is, that he is also called petrel, from the Italian 'Petrello,' or Little Peter. Taylor, Benjamin, Storyology—Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea...(2010) It was significant, this nightcap of Admiral Buzza—as the ram's horn to Jericho, the Mother Carey's chicken to the doomed ship. Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir, The Astonishing History of Troy Tow...(2010) n medium-sized storm petrel Syn|Hyper Mother Carey's hen, Oceanites oceanicus storm petrel any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts |
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