short-tailed shearwater
[ shawrt-teyld ]
/ ˈʃɔrtˌteɪld /
noun
See under mutton bird.
Words nearby short-tailed shearwater
short-run,
short-sheet,
short-sighted,
short-spoken,
short-staffed,
short-tailed shearwater,
short-tailed shrew,
short-tempered,
short-term,
short-term exposure limit,
short-term memory
Definition for short-tailed shearwater (2 of 2)
mutton bird
or mut·ton-bird
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.
Origin of mutton bird
First recorded in 1840–50
British Dictionary definitions for short-tailed shearwater
short-tailed shearwater
noun
Australian
a large Australian shearwater that migrates to the northern hemisphere in the southern winter