petrel : Idioms & Phrases
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Diving petrel
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noun any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas; somewhat resemble auks
WordNet
- any bird of the genus
Pelecanoides . They chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Webster 1913
fulmar petrel
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noun heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
Fulmarus glacialis; fulmar.
WordNet
Fulmar petrel , Giant petrel
- . See
Fulmar .
Webster 1913
Gadfly petrel
(Zoöl.) , one of several small petrels of the genusOestrelata .
Webster 1913
giant petrel
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noun large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
giant fulmar; Macronectes giganteus.
WordNet
Ice petrel
(Zoöl.) , a shearwater (Puffinus gelidus ) of the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.
Webster 1913
northern storm petrel
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noun sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
Hydrobates pelagicus; northern storm petrel.
WordNet
Pintado petrel
- any one of several small petrels, especially
Procellaria pelagica , or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
Webster 1913
Storm petrel
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noun any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
WordNet
- .
(Zoöl.) SeeStormy petrel , underPetrel .
Webster 1913
stormy petrel
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noun sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
Hydrobates pelagicus; northern storm petrel.
WordNet
white-chinned petrel
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noun large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin
Procellaria aequinoctialis.