shearwater

English - Turkish

Definition of shearwater in English Turkish dictionary

Puffinus puffinus

yelkovan

{i} yelkovan kuşu

i., zool. yelkovankuşu, yelkovan

(isim) yelkovan kuşu

yelkovankuşu

Related Terms

cory's shearwater

boz yelkovan

sooty shearwater

gri yelkovan kuşu

English - English

Definition of shearwater in English English dictionary

Any of various long-winged pelagic seabirds in the genera Calonectris or Puffinus, of the family Procellariidae, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs

{n} a fowl of the west of England

{i} dark colored sea bird with long wings that flies low over water; type of petrel

Any of various long-winged pelagic seabirds from the family Procellariidae that breed on islands and coastal cliffs

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

Any of numerous species (family Procellariidae) of long-winged seabirds named for their habit of gliding on stiff wings along wave troughs. Typical shearwaters are the 12-17 drab, slender-billed species of Puffinus, 14-26 in. (35-65 cm) long. Shearwaters nest in a burrow on offshore islands and coastal hills in the Atlantic and Mediterranean and throughout most of the Pacific. A colony may consist of hundreds of thousands of pairs; at night, when the calling adults move in and out of the burrows, the din is deafening. See also fulmar, petrel

major, are well-known species of the North Atlantic

obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P

The Manx shearwater P

Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P

long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves

Related Terms

Manx shearwater

A long-winged pelagic seabird, Puffinus puffinus, of the family Procellariidae

The shearwater

sheerwater

manx shearwater

small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic

sooty shearwater

{i} dark-gray or brown medium size shearwater

sooty shearwater

A shearwater (Puffinus griseus) of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, having sooty gray or brown plumage and dark bill and feet. Also called mutton-bird

Hyphenation

shear·wa·ter