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n. Any of numerous black, gray, or white sea birds of the order Procellariiformes, especially the storm petrel.

n. Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.

n. 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.

n. A small black-and-white seabird, Procellaria pelagica; hence, any similar bird of pelagic or oceanic habits, with webbed feet, long pointed wings, and tubular nostrils, belonging to the family Procellariidæ and subfamily Procellariinæ.

n. The kittiwake, a gull.

n. An obsolete form of poitrel.

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

""He also observed young juveniles in flight, which indicated the birds were breeding nearby, and recovered a dead Beck's petrel from the sea - now only the third museum-held specimen." ..."

giant petrel   

oceanic bird    pelagic bird   

jamaica petrel    pintado petrel    sooty petrel    snowy petrel    diving petrel   

procellaria aequinoctialis    storm petrel    shearwater    fulmar petrel    fulmarus glacialis    white-chinned petrel    giant petrel    fulmar    giant fulmar    macronectes giganteus   

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