| 单词 | manx shearwater |
| 释义 | > as lemmasManx shearwater Manx shearwater n. a shearwater of the northern hemisphere, Puffinus puffinus, which has a dark back and nests on remote islands in north-east Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Hawaiian waters. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Procellariidae (petrel) > member of genus Puffinus (shearwater) > puffinus anglorum (Manx shearwater) puffin1337 pilwater1603 lyre1654 shearwaterc1671 scrabe1676 Manx puffin1678 mackerel cock1772 Manx shearwater1835 scraber1852 1835 L. Jenyns Man. Brit. Vertebr. Animals 285 Procellaria Anglorum, Temm. (Manks Shearwater). 1884 Yarrell's Brit. Birds IV. 21 The Manx Shearwater is the commonest species of the genus in the British seas... It owes its trivial name to Willughby, who speaks of it as the Puffin of the Isle of Man. 1971 Country Life 11 Mar. 524/2 Although there are other seabirds on the precipices of Hoy, with the exception of a small colony of Manx shearwaters, they are all to be found in more easily observed colonies. 1991 Green Mag. Feb. 60/1 Dead seabirds appeared on the beach, including guillemots, a Manx Sheerwater, an albatross, and a gannet. < as lemmas |
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