Manx a. Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language.
Manx shearwater .
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Manx shearwater prop. n. Zool., A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus, or Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic. Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It is avariety of shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
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Manx shearwater
n : small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern
Atlantic [syn: Puffinus puffinus]