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Manx shearwater

Syllabification: (Manx shear·wa·ter)
Definition of Manx shearwater

noun

  • a dark-backed shearwater that nests on remote islands in the northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Hawaiian waters.
    • Puffinus puffinus, family Procellariidae

Manx shearwater in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Manx shearwater in the British & World English dictionary