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6 words match “MANX”

MANX a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language. Manx cat (Zoöl.), a breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae. -- Manx shearwater (Zoöl.), an oceanic bird (Puffinus anglorum, or P. puffinus), called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It was form…
CREW n.
The Manx shearwater.
GADHELIC a.
ertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx. J. Peile.
MANKS a.
The language spoken in the Isle of Man. See Manx.
SCRABER n.
The Manx shearwater.
SHEARWATER n.
he genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.