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petrel


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Petrel  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  petrel 
  n  :  relatively  small  long-winged  tube-nosed  bird  that  flies  far 
  from  land 




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