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Wilson's storm petrel

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Or Wilson's storm-petrel

noun

  1. a small petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, that breeds in the Southern Hemisphere but ranges into the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans.

Etymology

Origin of Wilson's storm petrel

Named after Alexander Wilson (1766–1813), Scottish-American ornithologist

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