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Definition of Petrels
1. petrel [n] - See also: petrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petrels
Literary usage of Petrels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1921)
"Diving petrels came into the protected bay for shelter from a williwaw; ...
Out in boat for two hours. and shot twenty diving petrels, which were common. ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1898)
"petrels OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BY AW ANTHONY. ... In May, 1895, a small colony
of Socorro petrels was found on one of the Coronado Islands, but it was too ..."
3. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Keys to the Species and by Frank Michler Chapman (1895)
"Tho seventy known .species of petrels are distributed over the seas of tho world.
Some thirty species have been found in North America, of which seven occur ..."
4. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... petrels. November 10th.—The Beagle sailed from Valparaiso to the south, for
the purpose of surveying the southern part of Chili, the island of Chiloe, ..."
5. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"A Review of the Albatrosses, petrels, and Diving petrels. By Leverett Mills Loomis.
Plates 1-17. (Issued Pages 189-258. XIII. Field Notes on the Land Birds ..."
6. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... of Ornithology—petrels. 71 TOY EMBER loth.—The Beagle sailed from Valparaiso /
y to the south, for the purpose of surveying the southern part of Chile, ..."
7. A familiar history of birds: Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts by Edward Stanley (1880)
"Procellaria, petrels. All these are long-winged birds, proper to the main ocean,
and, by means of their powers of flight, are spread widely over the world. ..."
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