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Alternative forms

• diving-petrel

Noun

diving petrel ‎(plural diving petrels)

1. Any seabird of the family Pelecanoididae in the order Procellariiformes, resembling auks and native to the southern oceans.

Derived terms

• common diving petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix)
• Georgian diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus)
• Magellan diving petrel (Pelecanoides magellani)
• Peruvian diving petrel (Pelecanoides garnotii)
• South Georgia diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus)

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