petrel (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *petrel*:
NOUN	animal	petrel	relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land

English > *petrel*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land.
Member of	Procellariidae, family Procellariidae	petrels
Narrower	fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis	Heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
	giant petrel, giant fulmar, Macronectes giganteus	large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
	shearwater	long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves
	storm petrel	Any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
	white-chinned petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis	large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin
Broader	pelagic bird, oceanic bird	bird of the open / open seas
Spanish	damero, paiño, paíño, petrel
Catalan	petrell

HyperDic: petrel