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mother carey's chicken

Mother Carey's chicken
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kair-eez]
    • /ˈkɛər iz/
    • /ˈmʌð.ə(r) ˈke.riz ˈtʃɪkɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kair-eez]
    • /ˈkɛər iz/

Definitions of mother carey's chicken words

  • noun mother carey's chicken any of various small petrels, especially the stormy petrel, Oceanites oceanicus. 1
  • noun mother carey's chicken storm petrel 0
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Origin of mother carey's chicken

First appearance:

before 1760
One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1760-70; origin uncertain

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Parts of speech for Mother carey's chicken

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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mother carey's chicken popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for mother carey's chicken

noun mother carey's chicken

  • harbinger — a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
  • omen — anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
  • rebel — a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
  • raven — a lyric poem (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.
  • storm petrel — any of several small, tube-nosed seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, usually having black or sooty-brown plumage with a white rump.
All 5 Synonyms of mother carey's chicken

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