shearwater : Idioms & Phrases

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Manx shearwater

  • noun small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic
    Puffinus puffinus.
WordNet
  • (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