See Also: Snowdonian(dictionary)

shearwater (iou) and Snowdonian (iou)


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.

Snowdonian (iou)



Snowdonian adjective. E19.
[from Snowdon (see below) + -IAN.]
Of or pertaining to Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales; located at or near Snowdon.