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Shearwater
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.

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- Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds in the petrel family Procellariidae. They have a global marine distribution, but are most common in...
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- Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It breeds colonially of rocky islands in the eastern...
- Australia Shearwater, British Columbia, Canada Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada CFB Shearwater, a military base Shearwater Bay, Namibia Shearwater (lake)...
- the Manx shearwater, including the yelkouan shearwater, Balearic shearwater, Hutton's shearwater, black-vented shearwater, fluttering shearwater, Townsend's...
- The yelkouan shearwater, Levantine shearwater or Mediterranean shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae...
- ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shearwater after the shearwater, a seabird: HMS Shearwater (1808) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop...
- Shearwater is a town on the north coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on the Rubicon Rivulet, just off B**** Strait, 19.6 km east of Devonport. The town...
- HMCS Shearwater. HMCS Shearwater (K02), a commissioned sloop and later submarine tender in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1914 to 1919 CFB Shearwater, a Canadian...