giant petrel
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Noun (1)
- large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seasSynonyms: giant fulmarMacronectes giganteusType of petrelMember of Macronectes, genus Macronectes
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel
. See Fulmar.
From the entry Petrel.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54