| 单词 | mutton bird |
| 释义 | mutton birdor mutton-birdnounany 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 birdFirst recorded in 1840–50 Words nearby mutton birdMutsuhito, 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
British Dictionary definitions for mutton birdmuttonbird / (ˈmʌtənˌbɜːd) / nounAustralian 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 muttonbirdC19: 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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