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Mother Carey's chicken

(kerēz)

storm petrel

Origin: < ?

See Mother Carey's chicken in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A petrel, especially a storm petrel.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly alteration and partial translation of Medieval Latin māter cāra, Virgin Mary

Origin: : Latin māter, mother

Origin: + Latin cāra

Origin: , feminine of cārus, dear; see kā- in Indo-European roots

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