"shearwater" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shearwaters [plural]
Etymology: From shear + water. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shear|water}} shear + water Head templates: {{en-noun}} shearwater (plural shearwaters)
  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. Categories (lifeform): Tubenose birds Translations (seabird): αἴθυια (aíthuia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), pardiella (Asturian), средиземноморски буревестник (sredizemnomorski burevestnik) (Bulgarian), baldriga [feminine] (Catalan), virot (Balears) [masculine] (Catalan), pijlstormvogel [masculine] (Dutch), pufino (Esperanto), skrápur [masculine] (Faroese), liitäjä (Finnish), puffin [masculine] (French), pardela [feminine] (Galician), Sturmtaucher [masculine] (German), qaqullunnaq (taxonomic: Puffinus gravis) (Greenlandic), vészmadár (Hungarian), cánóg [feminine] (Irish), 水薙鳥 (mizunagi-dori) (alt: みずなぎどり) (Japanese), ミズナギドリ (mizunagi-dori) (alt: みずなぎどり) (Japanese), 슴새 (seumsae) (Korean), scraayl [masculine] (Manx), gode [feminine] (Norman), burzyk [masculine] (Polish), cagarra [feminine] (Portuguese), pardela [feminine] (Portuguese), pardela [feminine] (Spanish), буревісник (burevisnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), adar drycin [masculine, plural] (Welsh), gwylan y graig [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (by extension) Any of the entire family Procellariidae, including certain of the petrels. Tags: broadly Categories (lifeform): Tubenose birds
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: haglet, sheerwater
Derived forms: Audubon's shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus lherminieri), Baillon's shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus bailloni), Balearic shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus mauretanicus), Bannerman's shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus bannermani), Barolo shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus baroli), black-vented shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus opisthomelas), Boyd's shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus boydi), Bryan's shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus bryani), Buller's shearwater (taxonomic: Ardenna bulleri), Cape Verde shearwater (taxonomic: Calonectris edwardsii), Christmas shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus nativatis), Cory's shearwater (taxonomic: Calonectris borealis), flesh-footed shearwater (taxonomic: Ardenna carneipes), fluttering shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus gavia), Galápagos shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus subalaris), great shearwater (taxonomic: Ardenna gravis) (english: formerly Puffinus gravis), Hawaiian shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus newelli), Heinroth's shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus heinrothi), Hutton's shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus huttoni), lava shearwater (alt: †Puffinus olsoni), little shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus assimilis), Macronesian shearwater (alt: Puffinus lherminieri baroli or Puffinus baroli), Manx shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus puffinus), Newell's shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus newelli), Olson's shearwater (alt: †Puffinus olsoni), Persian shearwater (alt: Puffinus lherminieri persicus or Puffinus persicus), pink-footed shearwater (taxonomic: Ardenna creatopus), Scopoli's shearwater (taxonomic: Calonectris diomedea), short-tailed shearwater (taxonomic: Ardenna tenuirostris), sooty shearwater (taxonomic: Ardenna grisea), streaked shearwater (taxonomic: Calonectris leucomelas), subantarctic shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus elegans), Townsend's shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus auriculatus), tropical shearwater (alt: Puffinus lherminieri bailloni or Puffinus bailloni), wedge-tailed shearwater (taxonomic: Ardenna pacifica), Yelkouan shearwater (taxonomic: Puffinus yelkouan)

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Alternative forms

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      "word": "Audubon's shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Puffinus opisthomelas",
      "word": "black-vented shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Puffinus boydi",
      "word": "Boyd's shearwater"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Puffinus bryani",
      "word": "Bryan's shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Ardenna bulleri",
      "word": "Buller's shearwater"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Calonectris edwardsii",
      "word": "Cape Verde shearwater"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Puffinus nativatis",
      "word": "Christmas shearwater"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Calonectris borealis",
      "word": "Cory's shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Ardenna carneipes",
      "word": "flesh-footed shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Puffinus gavia",
      "word": "fluttering shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Puffinus subalaris",
      "word": "Galápagos shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Puffinus newelli",
      "word": "Hawaiian shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Puffinus heinrothi",
      "word": "Heinroth's shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Puffinus huttoni",
      "word": "Hutton's shearwater"
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      "word": "lava shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Puffinus assimilis",
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      "alt": "Puffinus lherminieri baroli or Puffinus baroli",
      "word": "Macronesian shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Ardenna creatopus",
      "word": "pink-footed shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Calonectris diomedea",
      "word": "Scopoli's shearwater"
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      "taxonomic": "Calonectris leucomelas",
      "word": "streaked shearwater"
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      "word": "Townsend's shearwater"
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      "word": "水薙鳥"
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