[
UK
/ʃˈiəwɔːtɐ/
]
NOUN
- long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves
How To Use shearwater In A Sentence
- For a fraction of a second Jane was off guard and the shearwater struck right in the palm of her hand.
- The horrifying screams of petrels and shearwaters coming to their burrows after sunset have given rise to all kinds of superstitions.
- Clonmel's Minella stayed on dourly through the rain-softened ground to take the Shearwater Handicap ‘Chase.
- While there are few wild animals in Iceland, there is abundant birdlife - ducks, geese and, among the many sea-birds I spotted, petrels, puffins, tern, gannets, skuas and shearwaters.
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- It is here we find the boobies, shearwaters, gannets, petrels, and the albatross.
- There's always the chance of a minke whale, too, while terns, fulmars, guillemots, puffins and shearwaters come as standard.
- The Shearwater has three sets of cringles numbered 1, 2, and 3 from the bottom up.
- In addition to the wandering, we also were entranced by royal and shy albatrosses, as well as Cape and giant petrels, fairy prions and fluttering shearwaters.
- It is anticipated that the results will be some surprise, particularly where petrels and shearwater numbers are concerned.