See Also: mutton-bird(dictionary)
mutton(medicine)
mutton(dictionary)
mutton(dictionary)
Curry mutton(recipes)
mutton-fish(dictionary)
mutton-fat keratic precipitates(medicine)
prepared mutton tallow(medicine)
mutton chop whiskers(dictionary)
Leg of lamb or mutton baked in hay(recipes)

mutton-bird (iou)



mutton-bird noun. L18.
[from MUTTON + BIRD noun.]
Any of various sea birds of southern oceans whose cooked flesh is said to resemble mutton in flavour: (a) NZ the sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus; (b) Austral. the short-tailed shearwater, P. tenuirostris; (c) an Antarctic petrel of the genus Pterodroma. L18.
mutton-bird scrub, a shrub or small tree, Senecio reinoldii, of the composite family, with round leathery leaves and small yellow flowers. NZ. L19.
mutton-birder noun (Austral. & NZ) a person who catches mutton-birds for food or sport L19.