cape race n also capderace, cape racer, ?carbrace, ?corbrace. From Cape Race, Nfld. DA cape (11) ~ racer (1835); DAE (1875-); DC cape-race(r) (1956) for sense 1.
   1 Red-throated loon (Gavia stellata) WHABBY.
   1623 WHITBOURNE [sig R 2^v] Those of the Sea, are Goose, Duckes of foure sorts, Capderace, Teale, Snipes, Penguyns, Murres, Hounds. 1959 MCATEE 2 Capderace, cape-race, corbrace. Red-throated Loon. 1967 Bk of Nfld iii, 282 Cape racer.
   2 Eastern turkey vulture (Cathartes aura septentrionalis).
   1876 HOWLEY 67 This bird is called here 'Carbrace.'

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