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break-bones

noun

Etymology

From break + bones, calque of Spanish quebrantahuesos.

  1. derived from quebrantahuesos

Definitions

  1. Any bird in the genus Macronectes, known as giant petrels.

    • Whilst we were at work on the beach, crowds of birds began to assemble, especially the Giant Petrel or "Breakbones" (Ossifraga gigantea), the "Nelly" or "Stinker" of sealers. This bird in its habits is most remarkably like the vulture.

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