mother carey's chicken
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English
40
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A few blue petrels, black sheer-waters and Mather Caries chickens are all the birds we see."
- "Ten or fifteen dark little birds […] these are "Mother Carey's chickens," the "water-witches," Stormy Petrels, which are so familiar to the eye of the sailor, and the sight of which he dreads so much; […]"
- "There is no doubt that the stormy petrel has learned to imitate the motion of the waves, flying with motions not unlike those of certain fish. […] These strange little "water-witches" or Mother Carey's chickens are familiar to all sea-travellers."
- "Kemp watched sperm whales and green turtles and hundreds of gulls and petrels – known as “Mother Carey's chickens” – that flew around the ship with piercing screams."