petrel : Idioms & Phrases

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Diving petrel

  • noun any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas; somewhat resemble auks
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  • any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Webster 1913

fulmar petrel

  • noun heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
    Fulmarus glacialis; fulmar.
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Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel

  • . See Fulmar.
Webster 1913

Gadfly petrel

  • (Zoöl.), one of several small petrels of the genus Oestrelata.
Webster 1913

giant petrel

  • noun large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
    giant fulmar; Macronectes giganteus.
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Ice petrel

  • (Zoöl.), a shearwater (Puffinus gelidus) of the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.
Webster 1913

northern storm petrel

  • noun sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
    Hydrobates pelagicus; northern storm petrel.
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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

  • noun any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
WordNet
  • . (Zoöl.) See Stormy petrel, under Petrel.
Webster 1913

stormy petrel

  • noun sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
    Hydrobates pelagicus; northern storm petrel.
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white-chinned petrel

  • noun large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin
    Procellaria aequinoctialis.
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