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    MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKEN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Medium-sized storm petrelplay

    Synonyms:

    Mother Carey's chicken; Mother Carey's hen; Oceanites oceanicus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Mother Carey's chicken" is a kind of...):

    storm petrel (any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts)

    Holonyms ("Mother Carey's chicken" is a member of...):

    genus Oceanites; Oceanites (a genus of Hydrobatidae)

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