Definition of Storm petrel

1. Noun. Any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts.


Definition of Storm petrel

1. Noun. Any of several small seabirds, of the family Hydrobatidae, having dark plumage and a white rump. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Storm Petrel

storm chaser
storm cloud
storm clouds
storm cone
storm doors
storm drain
storm drains
storm in a tea-kettle
storm jib
storm jibs
storm lamp
storm lantern
storm match
storm out of the blocks
storm petrel
storm petrels
storm sash
storm sewer
storm sewers
storm signal
storm surge
storm tide
storm tides
storm trooper
storm troopers
storm window
storm windows
stormable
stormbound

Literary usage of Storm petrel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1894)
"AA Ridgway on a New storm petrel.3—The storm petrel heretofore known as ... 3 Description of a New storm petrel from the Coast of Western Mexico. ..."

2. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"THE storm petrel, the smallest web-footed British bird known, has so often been the subject of notice by naturalists and writers generally, ..."

3. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"The habits of this bird are similar to those of the Common Storm-Petrel, with which, notwithstanding its superior size, it has in all probability been often ..."

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