Moonbird

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The mutton bird. Australia

    "He survived for several months upon the moonbirds’ fatty mutton-like meat & the solace provided by the one book washed up with him […]."

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"He survived for several months upon the moonbirds’ fatty mutton-like meat & the solace provided by the one book washed up with him […]."

Etymology

From moon + bird, apparently because the birds return to nesting sites after nightfall.

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