[kair-eez] 
| any of various small petrels, esp. the stormy petrel, Oceanites oceanicus. |
| Moth·er Car·ey's chicken (mŭth'ər kâr'ēz) n. A petrel, especially a storm petrel. [Possibly alteration and partial translation of Medieval Latin māter cāra, Virgin Mary : Latin māter, mother + Latin cāra, feminine of cārus, dear; see kā- in Indo-European roots.] |