muttonbird
nounDefinition of muttonbird
: 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)