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Petrel

Petrel Meaning & Definition
Petrel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Petrel?

[n] relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land

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See Also | 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

Petrel In Webster's Dictionary

\Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. ? a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See {Petrify}.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family {Procellarid[ae]}. 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}, {Giant petrel}. See {Fulmar}. {Pintado petrel}, the Cape pigeon. See under {Cape}. {Pintado petrel}, any one of several small petrels, especially {Procellaria pelagica}, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.

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