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shearwater Definition

shear·water (s̸hirwôt′ər, -wät′-)

noun

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

Etymology: shear + water

shearwater Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • pass: There are numerous Atlantic Gray Seal on this coast and we may see passing Manx Shearwater.
  • see: We hoped that the wind would improve our chances of seeing a few shearwaters on the crossing.
  • streak: More Bulwer's petrels, brown boobies and one streaked shearwater.
  • include: Sea birds include shearwaters, fulmars, petrels and royal and wandering albatross.
  • linger: The strong offshore winds saw to it that the sea produced nothing more than a few lingering Manx Shearwaters and an Arctic Skua.
  • produce: Seawatching produced just a few Manx Shearwaters off the Bill.

Adjective modifier

  • Manx: August 12 th: A Manx Shearwater from North Light was the best bird today.
  • sooty: Sooty Shearwater: In June there are normally one or two records.
  • distant: A Great Crested Tern was seen as was a distant shearwater which we set off after in hot pursuit but never relocated.
  • single: In calm, sunny conditions the sea was very quiet with nothing better than a single Manx Shearwater passing through off the Bill.
  • few: We hoped that the wind would improve our chances of seeing a few shearwaters on the crossing.
  • small: The seabird movement was slow but we did see both Cory's and smaller shearwaters going past the headland.

Modifies a noun

  • puffinus: Gough is also a major breeding site of the great shearwater Puffinus gravis with up to three million pairs breeding on the island.

Noun used with modifier

  • Manx: Also on the pelagic 20 Manx Shearwater were seen well south of the islands flying strongly southwest, migrating?

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