Crossword-Solution: SHEARWATER
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| Shearwater | n. | 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. |
We have 24 clues for the answer “SHEARWATER”
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| AUSTRALIAN south-east islands, table bird of the | 1 answer |
| a gull-like oceanic bird of the petrel family | 1 answer |
| SOUTHEAST islands of Australia, table bird of the | 1 answer |
| NEW Zealand mutton bird | 1 answer |
| Long-winged bird that skims the ocean | 1 answer |
| BASS Strait table bird | 1 answer |
| BASS Strait bird | 1 answer |
| Albatross relative | 1 answer |
| AUSTRALIAN table bird | 1 answer |
| Petrel's cousin | 2 answers |
| BIRD flying close to water | 2 answers |
| LONG-winged seabird flying close to water | 2 answers |
| SEABIRD flying close to water | 2 answers |
| Skimmer | 4 answers |
| MUTTON bird | 6 answers |
| EDIBLE bird | 6 answers |
| LONG-winged bird | 7 answers |
| BERMUDA petrel | 10 answers |
| OCEANIC bird | 13 answers |
| OCEAN bird | 16 answers |
| Seabird | 17 answers |
| New Zealand bird | 29 answers |
| web-footed bird | 31 answers |
| Aquatic bird | 54 answers |
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Sentences with SHEARWATER (5)
The Shoveller, white-eyed and common wild ducks; Merganser, Brahminee, and Indian goose (_Anser Indica_); common and Gargany teal; two kinds of gull; one of Shearwater (_Rhynchops ablacus_); three of tern, and one of cormorant.
The winds on the Brazilian coast; and Abrolho Shoal; fish and birds: the shearwater bird, and cooking of sharks.
The flying-fish and dolphins, bonetas and sharks, like the "Portuguese men-of-war," were long since all left behind; but their places were taken by the albatross, the Cape pigeon, the shearwater, and a sea-bird called the "parson," dozens of which flew about the ship every day.
The shearwater was a larger species of tern, or sea-swallow; the "parson," so called for his sombre appearance and sedate manner, was a kind of sable gull about the size of an English crow.
Browne, who describes the bird, as above, under the accepted name of Shearwater, and Willughby's excellent figure on plate lxvii.
Quotes with SHEARWATER (1)
Shearwater sighed, like a whale in the night.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1987–1998).