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Three large slate-colored birds of the jay genus (Garrulus Canadensis), the Canada-jay, moose-bird, meat-bird, or what not, came flitting silently and by degrees toward me, and hopped down the limbs inquisitively to within seven or eight feet.
The Maine Woods 1858
reesetee commented on the word meat-bird
Old Alaska nickname for the Gray Jay because of its taste for carrion.
December 11, 2007
bilby commented on the word meat-bird
Is there no tofu-stuffed alternative to this? I'm gutted.
December 12, 2007
sionnach commented on the word meat-bird
It's what someone stated elsewhere - the alternative to meat-bird is catbird. Actually kitten-bird, to be precise.
Lickle, ickle, cutesy fuzzy wuzzy kittiez.
Personally, I recommend the kitten-on-a-stick. Part meat, part companion animal.
December 12, 2007
bilby commented on the word meat-bird
Nobody is listing kitten-on-a-stick. Why don't you?
December 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word meat-bird
Whatever you eat, you'll have to coat mouthfuls of it with saliva and store the sticky packages for the future. Or at least that's what Gray Jays do. :-P
December 12, 2007