shearwatern.

/ˈʃɪəwɔːtə/

Forms: Also 1600s shere-, 1700s shire-, (1700s–1800s sheer-).

Etymology: < shear v. + water n.

1. A bird of the genus Puffinus, esp. P. anglorum, the Manx Shearwater (see Manx adj.), and P. major, the Greater Shearwater.

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c1671 Sir T. Browne Norfolk Birds in Wks. (1835) IV. 316 A sea-fowl called a sherewater.

1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words To Rdr. sig. A 8 Among some Pictures of Birds which I have received from..Sr. Thomas Brown..I find..A shear-water inscribed Larus niger.

1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland iii. 93 We saw no Fowl but Shear-waters.

1778 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer (ed. 2) at Pembrokeshire The harry-bird [is] the shirewater of Sir Thomas Brown.

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 58 The very shearwaters and bonxies are making to the cliff for shelter.

1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 288 Under the name of Shearwaters..those species of Petrels are included which have bills as long, and sometimes longer, than their heads.

2. U.S. The Black Skimmer, Rhynchops nigra.

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1794 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 167 Shear Water or Razor Bill.

1850 F. Mason Nat. Productions Burmah 300 The sheer-water, or scissors-bill.

1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 652/2 The black skimmer, or shear-water.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	shearwater
释义	shearwatern. /ˈʃɪəwɔːtə/ Forms: Also 1600s shere-, 1700s shire-, (1700s–1800s sheer-). Etymology: < shear v. + water n. 1. A bird of the genus Puffinus, esp. P. anglorum, the Manx Shearwater (see Manx adj.), and P. major, the Greater Shearwater. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Procellariidae (petrel) > member of genus Puffinus (shearwater) shearwaterc1671 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 the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Procellariidae (petrel) > member of genus Puffinus (shearwater) > puffinus major (greater shearwater) hagden1670 shearwaterc1671 hackbolt1843 c1671 Sir T. Browne Norfolk Birds in Wks. (1835) IV. 316 A sea-fowl called a sherewater. 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words To Rdr. sig. A 8 Among some Pictures of Birds which I have received from..Sr. Thomas Brown..I find..A shear-water inscribed Larus niger. 1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland iii. 93 We saw no Fowl but Shear-waters. 1778 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer (ed. 2) at Pembrokeshire The harry-bird [is] the shirewater of Sir Thomas Brown. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 58 The very shearwaters and bonxies are making to the cliff for shelter. 1870 P. Gillmore tr. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 288 Under the name of Shearwaters..those species of Petrels are included which have bills as long, and sometimes longer, than their heads. 2. U.S. The Black Skimmer, Rhynchops nigra. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > member of genus Rhynchops > rhynchops nigra (black skimmer) cutwater1733 razorbill1791 shear-bill1793 shearwater1794 scissor beak1833 scissorbill1833 1794 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 167 Shear Water or Razor Bill. 1850 F. Mason Nat. Productions Burmah 300 The sheer-water, or scissors-bill. 1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 652/2 The black skimmer, or shear-water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1671
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