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storm-petrel

storm-petrel is the alternative spelling of storm petrel.

Meaning of storm petrel

Noun

storm petrel (plural storm petrels)

  1. Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.
    • Nólsoy is home to one of the largest breeding colonies of storm petrels on earth.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 127

Forms of storm-petrel

pluralstorm-petrels

Questions about storm-petrel

What is storm-petrel the alternative spelling of?
Storm-petrel is the alternative spelling of storm petrel.

Words near storm-petrel in the dictionary

  1. storm-clouds
  2. storm-door
  3. storm-doors
  4. storm-hunter
  5. storm-hunters
  6. storm-petrel
  7. storm-petrels
  8. storm-proof
  9. storm-racked
  10. storm-relative helicity
  11. storm-ridden

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