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单词 muttonbirding
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Definition of muttonbirding in English:

muttonbirding

nounˈmʌt(ə)nˌbəːdɪŋ
mass nounAustralian, NZ
  • The activity of catching mutton birds for food or sale.

    commercial muttonbirding persists today because of financial need
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Beware if you're mutton birding—but of course, you have to have a permit to do that.
    • Meat was supplemented at mutton-birding time and goats were kept by some families in addition to their quota of sheep and cattle.
    • Pitt Island is large enough to be farmed and there are a number of small islands, some of which are mutton birding islands, and some home to endangered bird species.
    • In the South Island there are arrangements for a particular customary right on the Crown's Titi Islands, the mutton birding islands, that is a long established customary right.
    • This was a reference to the importance of mutton-birding to their traditional way of life, especially on the islands off the Tasmanian coast.
    • Maori on the muttonbirding islands used to drape the cool tuatara on their stomachs to help them cool down.
    • The insider story on muttonbirding, film footage of 1950s–70s rural Southland life, a potentially knee-deep walk retracing the footsteps of pioneers, and a celebration of boot-making feature among the activities for the first Southland Heritage Month
    • Changes in the process of muttonbirding reflect those in muttonbirders themselves.
    • Eight people drowned when the Easy Rider was hit by a rogue wave and sank during a muttonbirding trip to the Titi Islands.
    • The school year on Flinders Island was scheduled around the muttonbirding season so that the children could go with their families to the offshore birding islands.
 
 
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