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Carey Carey('s) chick 
n. a petrel. See Mother Carey's chicken 1829 quote.
See also: Mother Carey's chicken
- 1953 They went batting Carey's Chicks and said that they were puffins.
- 1956 White-rumped petrel [is also called] Carey (N.S.); Carey chick (Nfld, Que.); Mother Carey's chick (Nfld); Mother Carey's chicken (Nfld, N.S., N.B.) Middle term spelled also "Carew's" and "Cary's." . . . one [explanation] having dictionary sanction (NID) is that the term is an Anglicization of the Latin Mater Cara (esteemed Mother) applied to the Virgin Mary, patroness of sailors. As these birds are regarded as portents of trouble, however, the explanation does not seem too clear.
- 1953 They went batting Carey's Chicks and said that they were puffins.