Canadian French Meaning of shearwater

Puffins

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Definitions and Meaning of shearwater in English

Wordnet

shearwater (n)

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

Webster

shearwater (n.)

Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.

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Puffins

long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the wavesAny one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related gener

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sheartail => tyran à queue fourchue, shears => ciseaux, shearn => mouton, shearmen => Tondeurs, shearman => tondeur de moutons,