shearwater (redirected from Shearwaters)

shear·wa·ter  (shîrwôtr, -wtr)

n.

Any of various oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus, having a short hooked bill with tube-shaped nostrils and long slender wings that appear to shear the water as the bird flies along the surface.

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shearwater [ˈʃɪəˌwɔːtə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several oceanic birds of the genera Puffinus, such as P. puffinus (Manx shearwater), Procellaria, etc., specialized for an aerial or aquatic existence: family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes (petrels)

[so named because their wings seem to clip the waves when they are flying low]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shearwater - long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves petrel - relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land genus Puffinus, Puffinus - shearwaters Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus - small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic

Translations

shearwater [ˈʃɪəˌwɔːtəʳ] N → pardela f

shearwater

n → Sturmtaucher m