scape-bird

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English

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Etymology

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From scape +‎ bird; modelled on scapegoat.

Noun

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scape-bird (plural scape-birds)

  1. A bird that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is released into the wild to carry away the afflictions.