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mutton bird

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables
mut-ton bird
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage

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What does mutton bird mean?
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.

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