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shearwater (iou)



shearwater noun. M17.
[from SHEAR verb + WATER noun.]
Any of a number of sea birds of the family Procellariidae, related to petrels, which habitually skim low over the open sea with wings outstretched. M17.
MANX shearwater. sooty shearwater: see SOOTY adjective.
The black skimmer, Rhynchops nigra. US. L18.