MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Medium-sized storm petrel

Synonyms:

Mother Carey's chicken; Mother Carey's hen; Oceanites oceanicus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Mother Carey's chicken" is a kind of...):

storm petrel (any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts)

Holonyms ("Mother Carey's chicken" is a member of...):

genus Oceanites; Oceanites (a genus of Hydrobatidae)

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