paiño

Definitions of paiño
  1. noun
    relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land
    synonyms: paíño, petrel
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    fulmar gigante
    large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
    fulmar
    heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
    pardela
    long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves
    pardela pichoneta
    small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic
    type of:
    pájaro pelágico
    bird of the open seas
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