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storm petrels

storm petrels is the plural 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

Questions about storm petrels

What is storm petrels the plural of?
Storm petrels is the plural of storm petrel.

Words near storm petrels in the dictionary

  1. storm off
  2. storm oil
  3. storm out
  4. storm out of the blocks
  5. storm petrel
  6. storm petrels
  7. storm room
  8. storm rooms
  9. storm sail
  10. storm sails
  11. storm sewer

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