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storm petrel

DEFINITIONS OF: storm petrel

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n any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts

Types:
Hydrobates pelagicus, northern storm petrel, stormy petrel
sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
Mother Carey's chicken, Mother Carey's hen, Oceanites oceanicus
medium-sized storm petrel
Type of:
petrel
relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land
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