Meaning Of The Word Shearwater
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Shearwater Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Shearwater?
shearwater in American English
any of a genus (Puffinus, family Procellariidae) of black-and-white tubenose sea birds that skim the water in flight noun: any of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low shearwater in British English noun: any of several oceanic birds of the genera Puffinus, such as P. puffinus ( Manx shearwater), Procellaria, etc, specialized for an aerial or aquatic existence: family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes (petrels) |
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