northern storm petrel

noun

A seabird belonging to the family Hydrobatidae.

Similar
stormy petrelHydrobates pelagicus

Meanings

nounnorthern storm petrels (plural northern storm petrels)

plural northern storm petrels

  1. A seabird belonging to the family Hydrobatidae.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Similar
stormy petrelHydrobates pelagicus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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