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sheerwater

sheerwater is the alternative spelling of shearwater.

Meaning of shearwater

Noun

shearwater (plural shearwaters)

  1. Any of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and Calonectris, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs.
    • At first I would not eat a frigate bird, a booby or a shearwater, but after a few months on the island I tried one broiled over coconut-shell coals, and I have never since missed an opportunity for such a feast.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 53
  2. (broadly) Any of the entire family Procellariidae, including certain of the petrels.

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Forms of sheerwater

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Questions about sheerwater

What is sheerwater the alternative spelling of?
Sheerwater is the alternative spelling of shearwater.

Words near sheerwater in the dictionary

  1. sheermal
  2. sheerness
  3. Sheerness-on-Sea
  4. sheernesses
  5. sheers
  6. sheerwater
  7. sheerwaters
  8. sheesh
  9. sheesh kebab
  10. sheesh kebabs
  11. sheesha

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