Mother Carey's chicken (redirected from Mother Carey's chickens)

Moth·er Car·ey's chicken  (mr kârz)

n.

A petrel, especially a storm petrel.

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[Possibly alteration and partial translation of Medieval Latin mter cra, Virgin Mary : Latin mter, mother + Latin cra, feminine of crus, dear; see k- in Indo-European roots.]

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Mother Carey's chicken

Noun

same as stormy petrel [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Mother Carey's chicken - medium-sized storm petrel             Mother Carey's hen, Oceanites oceanicus storm petrel - any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts genus Oceanites, Oceanites - a genus of Hydrobatidae