SHEARWATER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("shearwater" is a kind of...):

petrel (relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shearwater"):

Manx shearwater; Puffinus puffinus (small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic)

Holonyms ("shearwater" is a member of...):

genus Puffinus; Puffinus (shearwaters)

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