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mut'ton bird"
any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, esp.
Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and
Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater), which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
Also,mut'ton-bird".Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.