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Definition of Manx petrel

Manx petrel
Manx Manx, a. Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language. Manx cat (Zo["o]l.), a breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae. Manx shearwater (Zo["o]l.), an oceanic bird (Puffinus anglorum, or P. puffinus), called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.

Meaning of Manx petrel from wikipedia

- dazzled by artificial lighting. As with other shearwaters and petrels, newly fledged Manx shearwaters are susceptible to grounding in built-up areas due...
- storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), also known as British storm petrel, or just storm petrel, is a species of seabird in the northern storm petrel family...
- called the Swee****er Secure Breeding Site. Studies in other petrel species such as the Manx shearwater, wandering albatross, and Cory's shearwater, have...
- is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the diving petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part...
- carneipes (V) Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus Little shearwater, Puffinus elegans Peruvian diving-petrel, Pelecanoides garnotii Common diving-petrel, Pelecanoides...
- Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds in the petrel family Procellariidae. They have a global marine distribution, but are most common in temperate...
- comprises four families: the albatrosses, the petrels and shearwaters, and two families of storm petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses...
- chicks of petrels, especially shearwater species, for food, oil and feathers by recreational or commercial hunters. Such hunting of petrels and other...
- with internationally important po****tions of Manx shearwater and European storm-petrel. Leach's storm-petrels have also been found there (but not proved...
- storm-petrel, Hydrobates furcatus Ringed storm-petrel, Hydrobates hornbyi (*) Leach's storm-petrel, Hydrobates leucorhous Townsend's storm-petrel, Hydrobates...