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greater shearwater
noun
- a sooty-brown and white shearwater, Puffinus gravis, of eastern coasts of the Western Hemisphere.
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Come nightfall in late summer or early fall, on the northerly side of the island you can hear the cries of thousands in a fascinating feathered colony of greater shearwater birds, known as berte maggiore in Italian.
From Washington Times
He also saw a juvenile sooty tern and a greater shearwater.
From New York Times
“You would never see a greater shearwater that close to land,” he said.
From New York Times
This species, whose breeding habits are little known, is similar in size and color to the Greater Shearwater, differing chiefly in the yellowish bill and pinkish colored feet.
From Project Gutenberg
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