'Puffinus major' definitions:
Definition of 'Puffinus major'
From: GCIDE
- Shearwater \Shear"wa`ter\, n. [Shear + water; cf. G. wassersherer; -- so called from its running lightly along the surface of the water.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater ({Puffinus Anglorum}), the dusky shearwater (Puffinus obscurus), and the greater shearwater (Puffinus major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Puffinus major'
From: GCIDE
- Hagdon \Hag"don\ (h[a^]g"d[o^]n), n. (Zool.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., Puffinus major, the greater shearwarter, and Puffinus Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater. [1913 Webster]