mutton birds

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Definition of mutton birds in English English dictionary

plural form of mutton bird

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mutton bird

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.

Hyphenation

mut·ton birds

Turkish pronunciation

mʌtın bırdz

Pronunciation

/ˈmətən ˈbərdz/ /ˈmʌtən ˈbɜrdz/