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单词 shearwater
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
shear•wa•ter  (shērwô′tər, -wot′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsany of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low.
  • shear + water 1665–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
shearwater /ˈʃɪəˌwɔːtə/ n
  1. any of several oceanic birds of the genera Puffinus, such as P. puffinus (Manx shearwater), Procellaria, etc, specialized for an aerial or aquatic existence: family Procellariidae, order Procellariiformes (petrels)
Etymology: 17th Century: so named because their wings seem to clip the waves when they are flying low
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