mutton bird

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Definition of mutton bird in English English dictionary

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

The oil he sprayed on his customers was derived from the oil glands of mutton birds hunted in the islands of the Bass Strait by the descendants of nineteenth-century sailors and the Tasmanian Aboriginal women they had kidnapped.

Related Terms

mutton birds

plural form of mutton bird

Hyphenation

mut·ton Bird

Turkish pronunciation

mʌtın bırd

Pronunciation

/ˈmətən ˈbərd/ /ˈmʌtən ˈbɜrd/