shearwater

Japanese: shearwater
shearwater

...In Japan, the white-breasted petrel P. hypoleuca (English name Bonin petrel) breeds in the Ogasawara Islands. (4) The shearwaters (English name shearwaters) are the group with the most developed flying abilities, with slender bodies, long slender wings, and long slender beaks. The genus Calonectris has developed high flying abilities, with one species distributed at each end of Eurasia, and the eastern one is the streaked shearwater C. leucomelas (illustration), which is endemic to the Japanese archipelago. ...

*Some terminology explanations that mention "shearwater" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本ではシロハラミズナギドリP.hypoleuca(英名Bonin petrel)が小笠原諸島で繁殖している。(4)ミズナギドリ類(英名shearwater)はもっとも飛翔力を発達させたグループで,体は細く,細長い翼をもち,くちばしも細長い。高度の飛翔力を発達させたのはオオミズナギドリ属Calonectrisで,ユーラシアの両端にそれぞれ1種が分布し,東のものは日本列島特産のオオミズナギドリC.leucomelas(イラスト)である。…

※「shearwater」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Shear strain

>>:  sheath knife

Recommend

Canal del Viento - Canal del Viento

…the strait between Cuba (west) and Hispaniola (e...

Urban, M. - Urban

…Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia (now the c...

Ako

[1] A place name in the southwestern tip of Hyōgo ...

freight

…Goods that are transported both internationally ...

Touring Lectures - Junkai Park

In 19th century America, experts toured the countr...

Narukami Fudo Kitayama Sakura - Narukami Fudo Kitayama Sakura

Kabuki kyogen. Historical piece. Five acts. Collab...

Nikisch

German conductor and violinist of Hungarian origin...

Merit - Repeatedly

〘Noun〙 ("ku" is the Go-on pronunciation ...

Library staff - Kanshoku

In the Song dynasty, this referred to the position...

Freedom of political party support

Labor unions as an organization do not engage in a...

Asad, H.

...On the other hand, in parallel with this, conf...

Leech (hiru)

A general term for the species of leeches in the ...

Meissner's corpuscles

A specialized sensory nerve ending located in the ...

Petals

Also called petals. The leaves that make up the c...

Stercorariidae

…A general term for seabirds in the Stercorariida...