muttonbird

noun

: any of several Australasian sea birds often used (as by the Maori) for their meat, oil, and feathers: such as

a(1)

: a short-tailed shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) of Australia and New Zealand

(2)

: a sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) of New Zealand

b

: any of several petrels (as Pterodroma macroptera, P. lessoni, and P. neglecta)

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