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Webster 1913 Edition


Petrel

Pe′trel

,
Noun.
[F.
pétrel
; a dim. of the name
Peter
, L.
Petrus
, Gr.
πέτροσ
a stone (
John i. 42
); – probably so called in allusion to St.
Peter’s
walking on the sea. See
Petrify
.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family
Procellaridæ
. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to
Oceanites
,
Oceanodroma
,
Procellaria
, and several allied genera.
Diving petrel
,
any bird of the genus
Pelecanoides
. They chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Fulmar petrel
,
Giant petrel
.
See
Fulmar
.
Pintado petrel
,
the Cape pigeon. See under
Cape
.
Pintado petrel
,
any one of several small petrels, especially
Procellaria pelagica
, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.

Webster 1828 Edition


Petrel

PET'REL

,
Noun.
An aquatic fowl of the genus Procellaria.

Definition 2024


pétrel

pétrel

See also: petrel

French

Noun

pétrel m (plural pétrels)

  1. petrel (bird)

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