Petrel

n.

1.

(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridæ. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera. Diving petrel any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere. Fulmar petrel See Fulmar. Pintado petrel the Cape pigeon. See under Cape. any one of several small petrels, especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.

Noun

1.

petrel - relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land

family Procellariidae, fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis, giant fulmar, giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus, oceanic bird, pelagic bird, Procellaria aequinoctialis, Procellariidae, shearwater, storm petrel, white-chinned petrel

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