sooty shearwater
noun
See under mutton bird.
Words nearby sooty shearwater
sooty,
sooty blotch,
sooty grouse,
sooty mold,
sooty mould,
sooty shearwater,
sooty tern,
sop,
sop up,
sop.,
sopa
Definition for sooty 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