English Explanatory Dictionary

storm petrel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-storm petrel.wav

Word forms

storm petrel storm petrels storm-petrel

Synonyms

mitty Mother Carey's chicken stormfinch storm-petrel stormy petrel witch

Derived words

Leach's storm petrel northern storm petrel Pincoya storm petrel southern storm petrel Townsend's storm petrel
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