stormy petrel

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stormy petrel

1. See storm petrel.

2. One who brings discord or appears at the onset of trouble; a rebel.

stormy petrel

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for storm petrel

2. a person who brings or portends trouble

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stormy petrel - sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Hydrobates pelagicus, northern storm petrel

storm petrel - any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts

genus Hydrobates, Hydrobates - type genus of the Hydrobatidae

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stormy petrel

n → Sturmschwalbe f; (fig) → Unglücksbote m → /-botin f

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