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Definition of Storm petrel
1. Noun. Any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts.
Group relationships: Family Hydrobatidae, Hydrobatidae
Specialized synonyms: Hydrobates Pelagicus, Northern Storm Petrel, Stormy Petrel, Mother Carey's Chicken, Mother Carey's Hen, Oceanites Oceanicus
Definition of Storm petrel
1. Noun. Any of several small seabirds, of the family Hydrobatidae, having dark plumage and a white rump. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Storm Petrel
Literary usage of Storm petrel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1894)
"AA Ridgway on a New storm petrel.3—The storm petrel heretofore known as ...
3 Description of a New storm petrel from the Coast of Western Mexico. ..."
2. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"THE storm petrel, the smallest web-footed British bird known, has so often been
the subject of notice by naturalists and writers generally, ..."
3. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"The habits of this bird are similar to those of the Common Storm-Petrel, with
which, notwithstanding its superior size, it has in all probability been often ..."
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