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Mother Carey's chicken   /mˈəðər kˈɛriz tʃˈɪkən/   Listen
Mother Carey's chicken

noun
1.
Medium-sized storm petrel.  Synonyms: Mother Carey's hen, Oceanites oceanicus.





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"Mother Carey's chicken" Quotes from Famous Books



... A 'Mother Carey's chicken' hovered round the wreck while we were on board, and followed us to the 'Sunbeam;' and although a flat calm and a heavy swell prevailed at the time, we all looked upon our visitor as the harbinger of a breeze. In this instance, at least, the well-known sailor's ...
— A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' • Annie Allnut Brassey


Words linked to "Mother Carey's chicken" :   Oceanites oceanicus, storm petrel, genus Oceanites, Oceanites


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