Meanings
nounstorm-bird (plural storm-birds)
plural storm-birds
- The storm petrel.
- AustraliaThe channel-billed cuckoo.
That noise, that awful clamour of uncouthness inexpressible, is the love-call of the storm bird!
1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 205
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