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Shearwater

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Noun

1. shearwater

long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shearwater

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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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Shearwater

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noun
any of a genus (Puffinus, family Procellariidae) of black-and-white tubenose sea birds that skim the water in flight

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shearwater

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n.
Any of various pelagic seabirds of the genera Puffinus and Calonectris having a short hooked bill with tube-shaped nostrils and long slender wings that appear to shear the water as the bird flies along the surface.

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