Synonyms for shearwater

Most common

hag · haglet

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 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.

Related words

Other spellings

sheerwater

Forms

Plural

shearwaters → hags, haglets…

Example sentences

• hag One day I, too, would like to be a mean old hag.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

hag¹

6 letters

haglet