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Definition of Shearwaters

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.

Meaning of Shearwaters from wikipedia

- species, like the Manx shearwater are cruciform in flight, with their long wings held directly out from their bodies. Many shearwaters are long-distance migrants...
- species of shearwaters that have been moved into a separate genus Ardenna based on a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA. Sooty shearwaters are 40–51 cm...
- of nestling shearwaters. The Atlantic puffin acquired the name much later, possibly because of its similar nesting habits. The shearwaters form part of...
- Manx shearwater, is also distinctive. The only other large shearwaters in its range are the Cory's Shearwater and the all-dark Sooty Shearwater. wing...
- and Bannerman's shearwater of the Ogasawara Islands occur ****her north. Unlike the larger shearwaters, adult Audubon's shearwaters are not thought to...
- the shearwaters. The two species share a similar morphology and colouration, but the bulbous head and rather thin long bill – typical for shearwaters –...
- and yelkouan shearwaters found elsewhere in the Mediterranean. At least one mixed breeding colony of Balearic and yelkouan shearwaters exists on Menorca...
- a superspecies of the large shearwaters that were for a long time included in the genus Puffinus. Wedge-tailed shearwaters feed pelagically on fish, squid...
- molecular phylogeny of the small Puffinus shearwaters and implications for systematics of the Little-Audubon's Shearwater complex. Auk 121(3): 847–864. DOI:...
- yelkouan shearwater appears to belong to a group of Mediterranean and adjacent Atlantic shearwaters which includes the Balearic shearwater and one to...