"bin chicken" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 bin chicken.ogg [Australia] Forms: bin chickens [plural]
Etymology: So named from their habit of foraging in garbage bins in large cities. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bin chicken (plural bin chickens)
  1. (Australia, colloquial, derogatory) Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca). Tags: Australia, colloquial, derogatory
    Sense id: en-bin_chicken-en-noun-rxeD7ZiM Categories (other): Australian English

Inflected forms

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