storm petrel
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See also: storm-petrel
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Noun[edit]
storm petrel (plural storm petrels)
- Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels or Austral storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.
- 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 127:
- Nólsoy is home to one of the largest breeding colonies of storm petrels on earth.
Synonyms[edit]
- (seabird in Hydrobatidae): Mother Carey's chicken, storm-petrel, stormy petrel
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Translations[edit]
small seabird
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