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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shearwater \Shear"wa`ter\, n. [Shear + water; cf. G. wassersherer; -- so called from its running lightly along the surface of the water.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater ( P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater ( P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater ( P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
Wiktionary
n. Any of various long-winged pelagic seabirds in the genus ''Calonectris'' or ''Puffinus'', of the family Procellariidae, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs.
WordNet
n. long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves
Wikipedia
Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds. There are more than 30 species of shearwaters, a few larger ones in the genus Calonectris and many smaller species in the genus Puffinus. The Procellaria petrels and Bulweria were believed to belong to this group, but are only distantly related based on more recent studies, while the Pseudobulweria and Lugensa "petrels" are more closely related. The genus Puffinus can be divided into a group of small species close to Calonectris and a few larger ones more distantly related to both.
These birds are most common in temperate and cold waters. They are pelagic outside the breeding season.
These tubenose birds fly with stiff wings and use a "shearing" flight technique (flying very close to the water and seemingly cutting or "shearing" the tips of waves) to move across wave fronts with the minimum of active flight. This technique gives the group its English name. Some small species, like the Manx shearwater are cruciform in flight, with their long wings held directly out from their bodies.
Many are long-distance migrants, perhaps most spectacularly sooty shearwaters, which cover distances in excess of from their breeding colony on the Falkland Islands (52°S 60°W) to as far as 70° north latitude in the North Atlantic Ocean off northern Norway. One study found Sooty shearwaters migrating nearly 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometers) a year, which would give them the longest animal migration ever recorded electronically. Short-tailed shearwaters perform an even longer "figure of eight" loop migration in the Pacific Ocean from Tasmania to as far north as the Arctic Ocean off northwest Alaska.
They are long-lived. A Manx shearwater breeding on Copeland Island, Northern Ireland, is currently (2003/2004) the oldest known wild bird in the world: ringed as an adult (at least 5 years old) in July 1953, it was retrapped in July 2003, at least 55 years old. Manx shearwaters migrate over to South America in winter, using waters off southern Brazil and Argentina, so this bird has covered a minimum of on migration alone.
Shearwaters come to islands and coastal cliffs only to breed. They are nocturnal at the colonial breeding sites, preferring moonless nights to minimize predation. They nest in burrows and often give eerie contact calls on their night-time visits. They lay a single white egg.
They feed on fish, squid, and similar oceanic food. Some will follow fishing boats to take scraps, commonly the sooty shearwater; these species also commonly follow whales to feed on fish disturbed by them. Their primary technique for feeding is diving and some species diving as much as under water.
Shearwaters are part of the family Procellariidae, which also includes fulmarine petrels, prions, and gadfly petrels.
Shearwater is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas, led by multi-instrumentalist and lead singer Jonathan Meiburg, a singer-songwriter and ornithologist. The band's music is notable for its imagery based in nature, cerebral yet intimate melodic songs, as well as Meiburg's vocals.
Shearwater (or Shear Water) is a man-made freshwater lake near Crockerton village, close to the town of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. Part of the Longleat Estate, the lake is surrounded by mature woodland, and is popular with anglers, walkers and cyclists. It is approximately 600 metres long.
The lake is home to Shearwater Sailing Club, which sails mainly Wayfarer and Laser dinghies.
Shearwater is an album by Martin Carthy, released in 1972 on the Pegasus label as PEG12. It was re-released on vinyl in 1973/74 by Mooncrest as CREST25. The album was re-issued on CD in 1995, by Mooncrest, as CRESTCD 008 and then again, in March 2005 by Castle Music, as CMQCD1096.
A shearwater is a long-winged seabird in the petrel family; it may also refer to:
Places- Shearwater, Tasmania, Australia
- Shearwater, British Columbia, Canada
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Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada
- CFB Shearwater, military base
- Shearwater Bay, Namibia
- Shearwater (lake), Wiltshire, UK
- HMS Shearwater, series of Royal Navy ships
- HMS Shearwater (1900), Royal Canadian Navy
- USS Shearwater, series of U.S. Navy ships
- USCGC Shearwater, a U.S. Coast Guard Marine Protector class coastal patrol boat
- Shearwater (schooner), a historic yacht built in 1929, currently operating for tours and charters in New York City.
- Shearwater, The Mullumbimby Steiner School, New South Wales, Australia
- Shearwater (album), 1972 album by Martin Carthy
- Shearwater (band), indie rock band from Austin, Texas, USA
- Shearwater I, one of the earliest modern catamarans, developed in England circa 1949-1950
- Shearwater III, the world's first modern production catamaran, developed in England in the 1950s
Usage examples of "shearwater".
Hence we have Awndyn, and the Aver-Falconets, and Shearwater, all owing to the power of ships.
Condamine, Shearwater, and the multitude of other states making up the so-called civilized galaxy shared at least one common language, inherited from old parent Earth, which fact tended to make events like this boarding a little less difficult for all concerned.
Sure, as long as Shearwater supports them with material, they can burrow under the mountains, cling to life, to some kind of military organization.
These birds had a wing spread of three feet, and must have belonged to the shearwater family.
When he launched himself again it was to run on the water, like a shearwater, until he had acquired momentum enough to keep him up.
The boatmen called a shearwater, the kind I have seen all over the Pacific, a mutton bird.
The conquerors had restored the lights along the quayside, and torches illuminated the dock where the captured Stippenese merchant clipper Shearwater was tied up.
Bluefish Bay partly cloudy and the wind no longer so strong as to preclude any sort of delicate maneuvering, Hartrig Skellhaven suggested to Prince Conrig that they might risk taking Shearwater through the tricky channel separating the mainland from the Vigilants, rather than skirting the islands as prudent navigators invariably did.
He had slept for more than twelve hours and eaten nothing since Shearwater had quit Mallburn harbor, but if he suffered nightmares he said nothing of it to Conrig or Stergos.
Inn over at Shearwater and would take her on to the Cascades in the morning.
To be sure, they are less sharply black and white than those of the Atlantic, but they are shearwaters for all that - the same voice by night in their burrows, the same solitary white egg, the same grossly obese chick.
What I am trying to convey is that the Shearwaters have always been opportunistic parasites without an ounce of morality between them.
This is a common habit of many sea birds, especially the shearwaters, but I had never before seen it performed so swiftly and wonderfully.
He liked sargasso weed, as he liked shearwaters, which spoke to him of freedom, and sharks, which spoke to him of order, and dolphins, which spoke to him of God.
The terns, the sandpipers, gulls, shearwaters, egrets, and curlews seemed to have vanished.