HyperDic: stormy_petrel

English > 1 sense of the expression stormy petrel:
NOUNanimalstormy petrel, northern storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicussooty black petrel with white markings
English > stormy petrel: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Synonymsnorthern storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus
Member ofHydrobates, genus Hydrobatestype genus of the Hydrobatidae
Broaderstorm petrelAny of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
CatalanHydrobates pelagicus

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