Manx shearwater Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic
    Puffinus puffinus.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), an oceanic bird (Puffinus anglorum, or P. puffinus), called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.

Webster 1913