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mutton birds

mutton birds is the plural of mutton bird.

Meaning of mutton bird

Noun

mutton bird (plural mutton birds)

  1. (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.
    • He dubbed them mutton-birds, for they came like lambs to the slaughter.1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 186

Questions about mutton birds

What is mutton birds the plural of?
Mutton birds is the plural of mutton bird.

Words near mutton birds in the dictionary

  1. muttly
  2. muttnik
  3. muttniks
  4. mutton
  5. mutton bird
  6. mutton birds
  7. mutton busting
  8. mutton chop
  9. mutton chops
  10. mutton dagger
  11. mutton daggers

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