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shearwater |
2 definitions found 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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