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plural shearwaters
Any of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and Calonectris, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs. quotations examples
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
(by extension) Any of the entire family Procellariidae, including certain of the petrels. examples