- whalebird
- китовая птичка (Pachyptila)* * *китовая птичка
English-russian biological dictionary. 2013.
whalebird
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whalebird — /ˈweɪlbɜd/ (say waylberd) noun → prion1. {whale1, from their habit of feeding with whales + bird1} …
whalebird — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several gregarious seabirds that follow whaling ships to feed on oil and offal; especially : a petrel of the genus Prion of southern oceans having a peculiar broad lamellate bill … Useful english dictionary
prion — prion1 /pruy on/, n. any of several petrels of the genus Pachyptila, located in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and having serrated edges on the bill. [1840 50; < NL < Gk príon a saw] prion2 /pree on, pruy /, n. a tiny proteinaceous… … Universalium
shearwater — /shear waw teuhr, wot euhr/, n. any of several long winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low. [1665 75; SHEAR + WATER] * * * Any of numerous species (family Procellariidae) of long… … Universalium
