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[syn: Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Manx shearwater \Manx shearwater\ prop. n. (Zool.),
A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus, or
Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It is avariety of
shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Puffinus puffinus
n 1: small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern
Atlantic [syn: Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus]