petrel
n . 海燕类
海燕类
petrel n 1 :
relatively small long -
winged tube -
nosed bird that flies far from land Petrel \
Pe "
trel \,
n . [
F .
p ['
e ]
trel ;
a dim .
of the name Peter ,
L .
Petrus ,
Gr .
pe `
tros a stone (--
John i .
42 ); --
probably so called in allusion to St .
Peter '
s walking on the sea .
See {
Petrify }.] (
Zool .)
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
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