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Definition of Manx shearwater
1. Noun. Small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic.
Definition of Manx shearwater
1. Noun. A long-winged pelagic seabird, ''Puffinus puffinus'', of the family Procellariidae ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manx Shearwater
Literary usage of Manx shearwater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1857)
"manx shearwater. MANX PETREL. MANX PUFFIN. SHEARWATER PETREL. ... The Manx
Shearwater breeds in the Hebrides, at St. Kilda and Soa; also in Zetland, ..."
2. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"THE manx shearwater is the commonest species of the genus in the British seas,
and as the period of incubation approaches it resorts to many portions of our ..."
3. The Natural History Review: A Quarterly Journal of Biological Science by Cork Scientific and Literary Society, Cuvierian Society of Cork, Natural History Society of Dublin (1854)
"Mr. Andrews had also the opportunity of exhibiting a specimen of the manx shearwater
with the egg, taken in one of tho cliffs, on the Island of Valentia. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"manx shearwater, but the barbarous and misapplied word ... but the manx shearwater
aforesaid is the only one that at all commonly occurs or breeds in the ..."
5. Journal of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society and Field Club (1883)
"manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum) IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. A SPECIMEN of this
species was picked up in a field of mangold wurzel on the morning of August 24th ..."
6. The Nests and Eggs of British Birds: When and where to Find Them : Being a by Charles Dixon (1894)
"BRITISH BREEDING AREA: The manx shearwater has no known breeding-place on the
... BREEDING HABITS : The manx shearwater is a resident in the British seas, ..."
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