noun. Any of various black, gray, or white pelagic seabirds of the order Procellariiformes, found mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.

noun. An obsolete form of poitrel.

noun. A small black-and-white seabird, Procellaria pelagica; hence, any similar bird of pelagic or oceanic habits, with webbed feet, long pointed wings, and tubular nostrils, belonging to the family Procellariidæ and subfamily Procellariinæ.

noun. The kittiwake, a gull.

noun. Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridæ. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.

noun. any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.

noun. See Fulmar.

noun. undefined

noun. the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.

noun. any one of several small petrels, especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.

noun. Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.

noun. relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land

""He also observed young juveniles in flight, which indicated the birds were breeding nearby, and recovered a dead Beck's petrel from the sea - now only the third museum-held specimen." ..."

diving petrel  jamaica petrel  pintado petrel  snowy petrel  sooty petrel  

giant petrel  

oceanic bird  pelagic bird  

fulmar  fulmar petrel  fulmarus glacialis  giant fulmar  giant petrel  

albatross  altar-cloth  ariseth  condor  darte