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Antarctic petrels

Antarctic petrels is the plural of Antarctic petrel.

Meaning of Antarctic petrel

Noun

Antarctic petrel (plural Antarctic petrels)

  1. A species of petrel, Thalassoica antarctica, which breeds in Antarctica.
    • Saw a great number of penguins on an ice island and some Antartick petrels flying about.1773, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 15 December

Questions about Antarctic petrels

What is Antarctic petrels the plural of?
Antarctic petrels is the plural of Antarctic petrel.

Words near Antarctic petrels in the dictionary

  1. Antarctic minke whales
  2. Antarctic Ocean
  3. Antarctic pearlwort
  4. Antarctic Peninsula
  5. Antarctic petrel
  6. Antarctic petrels
  7. Antarctic stare
  8. Antarctic toothfish
  9. Antarctic toothfishes
  10. Antarctic wolf
  11. Antarctic Zone

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