storm petrel (redirected from Storm Petrels)

storm petrel

n.

Any of various small sea birds of the family Hydrobatidae, especially Hydrobates pelagicus, of the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, having sooty plumage and a white rump. Also called stormy petrel.

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storm petrel

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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

[so named because it was thought to be a harbinger of rough weather]

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Noun

1.

storm petrel - any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts petrel - relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land family Hydrobatidae, Hydrobatidae - storm petrels Hydrobates pelagicus, northern storm petrel, stormy petrel - sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean Mother Carey's chicken, Mother Carey's hen, Oceanites oceanicus - medium-sized storm petrel

Translations

storm petrel [ˈstɔːmˌpɛtrəl] n → procellaria