English Explanatory Dictionary

break-bones

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

break-bones breakbones

Etymology

From break + bones, calque of Spanish quebrantahuesos.

Synonyms

glutton nelly stinker stinkpot
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