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Meaning of shearwater

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shearwater

noun

Definitions

  1. Any of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and Calonectris, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs.

  2. (by extension) Any of the entire family Procellariidae, including certain of the petrels.