Word Study
manx shearwater
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun manx shearwater has 1 sense
- manx shearwater(n = noun.animal) puffinus puffinus - small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic; Array is a kind of shearwater
CIDE DICTIONARY
manx shearwater, prop. n.
A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus , or Puffinus anglorum ), common in the Eastern North Atlantic. Called also Manx petrel , Manx puffin . It is avariety of shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man. [1913 Webster]
For further exploring for "manx shearwater" in Webster Dictionary Online
