Mother Car|ey's chicken

Mother Car|ey's chicken
Mother Car|ey's chicken «KAIR ihz»,
1. = stormy petrel. (Cf. ↑stormy petrel)
2. any one of various other petrels, such as Wilson's petrel.
╂[spelling for altered pronunciation of Latin Māter cāra dear Mother, an expression of Levantine sailors (the entire expression meant “snow,” perhaps referring to the white of petrel feathers)]

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