Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of Procellariidæ, characterized by the short low nasal tubes obliquely truncate at the end, and with a thick septum, a long, comparatively slender, and much-hooked beak, thin pointed wings, very short tail, and large feet; the shearwaters.
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- noun shearwaters
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Examples
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This is the case with species of shearwater, such as Puffinus puffinus (Procellariidae), which nest in gullies of laurisilva.
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We had numerous birds hovering round the ship; principally fulmars (Procellaria glacialis) and shearwaters (Procellaria puffinus) and not unfrequently saw shoals of grampusses sporting about, which the Greenland seamen term finners from their large dorsal fin.
The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816
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Guilford TC, Meade J, Freeman R, Biro D, Evans T, et al. (2008) GPS tracking of the foraging movements of Manx shearwaters Puffinus puffinus breeding on Skomer Island, Wales.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Robin Freeman et al. 2010
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Guilford T, Meade J, Willis J, Phillips RA, Boyle D, et al. (2009) Migration and stopover in a small pelagic seabird, the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus: insights from machine learning.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Robin Freeman et al. 2010
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Puffinus puffinus from Skomer Island, off the coast of Wales.
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Puffinus puffinus: insights from machine learning.
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Breeding seabirds of the Azores comprise 5 species of Procellariiformes, 4 Charadriiformes, and 1 Pelecaniform, and include Fea's petrel (Pterodroma feae), Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii), manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis baroli) and two temporally-segregated forms of band-rumped storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro).
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(_procellaria glacialis_,) and shearwaters, (_procellaria puffinus_,) and not unfrequently saw shoals of grampusses sporting about, which the
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 John Franklin 1816
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