muttonbird
9.0
Meat from a seabird, often from chicks and usually smoked
- noun
- Australian
:
carne de pájaro mutton
- The chef prepared a delicious stew using muttonbird, showcasing its rich flavor and tender texture.
Examples
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During their journey, they stopped to feast on muttonbird, which is a traditional dish in some coastal communities.
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In the remote village, families often gather to share a meal of roasted muttonbird during special occasions.
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Opposite page: Don Willis plucks muttonbirds.
Academic text (1995) -
Photos (color): Royce Mansell (left) and Rohan Gregory gut muttonbirds in a processing shed.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
meat
vsmuttonbird
∞
1.0
The flesh of animals that people eat
focuses specifically on flesh of a certain seabird rather than all animals
bird
vsmuttonbird
100
1.0
Meat from animals like chicken or duck that people eat
is limited to flesh from a particular seabird consumed as food
fowl
vsmuttonbird
6
3.2
Meat from birds like chicken or duck used for food
is about flesh from a sea species rather than farmed poultry
Surface Forms
muttonbird singular
muttonbirds plural
Etymology
Muttonbird comes from the words mutton ('sheep meat') and bird. Because people thought the bird's meat tasted like mutton, the name is also used for the bird's meat when it is eaten.