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Definition of Giant petrel
1. Noun. Large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas.
Generic synonyms: Petrel
Group relationships: Genus Macronectes, Macronectes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Giant Petrel
Literary usage of Giant petrel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1892)
"The giant petrel. Habits of Several Burrowing Petrels. The Diving Petrel.
Habits of Sheath Bills. Struggle for Existence amongst the Birds. ..."
2. A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, John Wright (1831)
"... Lesser, Black, and Striated Tern—The Noddy—The Petrel—The Fulmar—The Shearwater—The
Stormy Petrel—The giant petrel—The Gull —The Black-backed, Skua, ..."
3. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"The giant petrel, which has received from the Spaniards the significant appellation
of " quebranta ..."
4. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A...description of Man and Nature in the by Georg Hartwig (1877)
"The giant petrel, which has received from the Spaniards the significant appellation
of " quebranta huesos" or " break-bones," is a more powerful bird than ..."
5. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"giant petrel. Procellaria gigantea, Gmel. Edit. of Linn. Syst. ... giant petrel,
Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. vi. p. 396, pl. 100. ..."
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