mutton-bird gale
Australian
noun
A seasonal gale coinciding with the annual arrival of flocks of mutton-birds to nest on the Tasmanian coast and islands of the Bass Strait; (hence also) a flock of mutton-birds; usually in plural.
Origin
Early 20th century.
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