Meanings
nounCory's shearwater (plural Cory's shearwaters)
plural Cory's shearwaters
- Calonectris borealis, a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.
Origin
Named after Charles B. Cory (1857–1921), American ornithologist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Norwegian Bokmål gulnebblire
- gulnebblireseabird
Russian буреве́стник Ко́ри
- буреве́стник Ко́ри (burevéstnik Kóri)seabird
Welsh adar drycin Cory
- adar drycin Coryseabird
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Cory's shearwater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cory's%20shearwater
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