muttonbird

/M AH1 T T AH0 N B ER1 D/

noun

1
Alternative form of mutton bird. [(chiefly 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.]

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