storm petrel
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Noun (1)
- any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underpartsType of petrelKinds stormy petrel, Mother Carey's chickenMember of Hydrobatidae, family Hydrobatidae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Storm petrel
. Zoology See Stormy petrel, under Petrel.
From the entry Storm.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54