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Storm Petrel

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Noun

1. storm petrel

any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Storm Petrel

see synonyms of storm petrel
noun
any small petrel, such as the northern Hydrobates pelagicus, of the family Hydrobatidae, typically having a dark plumage with paler underparts
. Also called: Mother Carey's chicken, stormy petrel

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Storm Petrel

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any of a family (Hydrobatidae) of petrels; esp., a black-and-white species (Hydrobates pelagicus) of the N Atlantic and the Mediterranean

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Storm Petrel

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n.
Any of various small seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, found in most of the world's oceans and generally having dark plumage. Also called stormy petrel.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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