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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shearwater \Shear"wa`ter\, n. [Shear + water; cf G.
wassersherer -- so called from its running lightly along the
surface of the water.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of
the genus {Puffinus} and related genera. They are allied to
the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater ({P.
Anglorum}), the dusky shearwater ({P. obscurus}), and the
greater shearwater ({P. major}), are well-known species of
the North Atlantic. See {Hagdon}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
shearwater
n : long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the
waves
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