"moonbird" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From moon + bird, apparently because the birds return to nesting sites after nightfall.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 167:",
          "text": "He survived for several months upon the moonbirds’ fatty mutton-like meat & the solace provided by the one book washed up with him […].",
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        "The mutton bird."
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        "(Australia) The mutton bird."
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        "Australia"
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  "word": "moonbird"
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        "The mutton bird."
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        "(Australia) The mutton bird."
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