"mutton bird" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-mutton bird.ogg [Australia] Forms: mutton birds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mutton bird (plural mutton birds)
  1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) Any of various seabirds whose flesh is said to taste like mutton when cooked, especially Puffinus griseus, Puffinus tenuirostris, or a petrel of the genus Pterodroma. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand Categories (lifeform): Tubenose birds Synonyms: mutton-bird, muttonbird Related terms: muttonbirding

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