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Mother Carey's chicken

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A petrel, especially a storm-petrel.

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  • noun The storm petrel

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  • noun medium-sized storm petrel

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Possibly alteration and partial translation of Medieval Latin māter cāra, Virgin Mary : Latin māter, mother + Latin cāra, feminine of cārus, dear; see kā- in Indo-European roots.]

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