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Noun: shearwater  'shi(-u)r`wo-tu(r)
  1. Long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves

Derived forms: shearwaters

Type of: petrel

Part of: genus Puffinus, Puffinus

Encyclopedia: Shearwater, NS Shearwater Shearwater, Tasmania Shearwater, Nova Scotia