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Petrel

noun
1.
Relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land.



Related searches:
diving petrel
fulmar petrel
giant petrel
northern storm petrel
storm petrel
stormy petrel
white-chinned petrel


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"Petrel" Quotes from Famous Books



... sixty winters he has watched beside The turbulent ocean, with one purpose warmed: To rescue drowning men. And round the coast— For so his comrades named him in his youth— They know him as "The Stormy Petrel" still. ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, Issue 49, November, 1861 • Various
... little out of odour with his own people lately, and is now calling a meeting to tell the world what his 'Creed and Charter' doesn't mean. Still a flight into the country might do no harm even to the stormy petrel of politics, and if any ...
— The Eternal City • Hall Caine
... hospitable region were albatrosses and two beautiful kinds of birds, the small blue petrel and pintada. A great many of these were frequently about the wake of the ship, which induced the people to float a line with hooks baited to endeavour to catch them and their attempts were successful. ...
— A Voyage to the South Sea • William Bligh
... noon when Sandy announced that the Petrel was in sight, and then the little hatch in the deck forward of the mast was raised, and Arno and Jason ordered ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 • Various


Words linked to "Petrel" :   fulmar, Procellariidae, oceanic bird, shearwater, Macronectes giganteus, Procellaria aequinoctialis, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis, pelagic bird, family Procellariidae, giant fulmar, white-chinned petrel


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