storm petrel
or storm-petrel
any of several small, tube-nosed seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, usually having black or sooty-brown plumage with a white rump.
Origin of storm petrel
1- Compare stormy petrel.
Words Nearby storm petrel
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How to use storm petrel in a sentence
The storm petrel hovered high, swooped close, her lips parted.
Like the puffin and the storm-petrel, razor-bills rarely leave the sea except for breeding.
The Isles of Scilly | Jessie MothersoleHe disappears as does the storm petrel when the sea is quiet.
The Tempering | Charles Neville BuckYesterday and today great numbers of a storm petrel (Thalassidroma leucogastra) have been following in our wake.
British Dictionary definitions for storm petrel
any small petrel, such as the northern Hydrobates pelagicus, of the family Hydrobatidae, typically having a dark plumage with paler underparts: Also called: Mother Carey's chicken, stormy petrel
Origin of storm petrel
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