Usually means: Seabird species harvested for food.
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  1. mutton bird: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. mutton-bird: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. mutton-bird, mutton bird: Wordnik
  4. mutton bird: Wiktionary
  5. mutton bird: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Mutton bird, mutton-bird, mutton bird: Dictionary.com
  7. Mutton bird: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. mutton bird: FreeDictionary.org
  9. mutton-bird, mutton bird: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mutton bird: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (mutton bird)

noun:  (chiefly Australia, New Zealand) Any of various seabirds whose flesh is said to taste like mutton when cooked, especially Puffinus griseus, Puffinus tenuirostris, or a petrel of the genus Pterodroma.

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