shearwater

IPA: ʃˈɪrwɔtɝ

Any of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and Calonectris, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs.
(by extension) Any of the entire family Procellariidae, including certain of the petrels.

Examples of "shearwater" in Sentences

The shearwater was a larger species of tern, or sea-swallow; the
"shearwater" (Puffinus cinereus), which is found on the coast of
a gull-like bird called a shearwater belong to the "tube-nosed swimmers," on account of their curious long beaks.
I admired the bold black strokes of her eyebrows, arched like the wings of a shearwater, and how each could swoop and rise on its own.
I clambered in, and as we zoomed south at a terrifying 20 mph, I felt like a Manx shearwater in a wicker basket being flown to Venice.
The major islands have such special species as the white-tailed tropicbird, the rare Manx (Newell's) shearwater, and the dark-rumped petrel, all of which seek crater walls for nesting.
Additional immigrants from the south during summer include short-finned squid, fish such as mackerel and bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), and birds such as greater shearwater (Puffinus gravis) and sooty shearwater (P. griseus).
Scandola Nature Reserve contains a rich pelagic, sedentary and migrant fauna including several dozen pairs of shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmareti, peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus, three or four pairs of osprey Pandion haliaetus and Eleonora falcon Falco eleonorae with Cory's shearwater Puffinus diomedea and Audouin's gull Larus audouinii (R) occurring in the littoral zone.