MUTTON BIRD Definition & Meaning

mutton bird

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noun

any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris short-tailed shearwater of Australia and Puffinus griseus sooty shearwater, which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Origin of mutton bird¹

First recorded in 1840–50

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A delicate lace-winged insect lights on my tablet, and a saucy "camp robber," or mutton bird, wonders at the unusual sight of me, the big man animal brother.

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They were employed as slaves on some islands, to strip the mutton bird, and in whatever irksome labor was within their capacity.

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The Mutton Bird we observed streaming from island to island; and I learnt from Mr. Benvenuto Smith the following particulars of its habits from his own observations.

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There are at this date about ninety people living on the small islands in "Franklin Inlet" who make a livelihood by gathering the oil, feathers, and eggs of the Mutton Bird.

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A delicate lace-winged insect lights on my tablet and a saucy "camp robber" or mutton bird wonders at the unusual sight of me, the big man animal brother.

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