Meanings
plural storm petrels · alternative storm-petrel
- 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 127Synonyms: mitty, Mother Carey's chicken, stormfinch, storm-petrel, stormy petrel, witch
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.
Translations
Ancient Greek κέπφος
- κέπφος (képphos)small seabird
Bulgarian буревестник
- буревестник (burevestnik)small seabird
Catalan ocell de tempesta, noneta (Balears)
- ocell de tempestasmall seabird
- noneta (Balears)small seabird
Chinese Mandarin 海燕
- 海燕 (hǎiyàn)small seabird
Danish stormsvale
- stormsvalesmall seabird
Dutch stormvogeltje
- stormvogeltjesmall seabird
Finnish keiju, ulappakeiju
- keijusmall seabird
- ulappakeijusmall seabird
French pétrel-tempête, océanite
- pétrel-tempêtesmall seabird
- océanitesmall seabird
German Sturmschwalbe
- Sturmschwalbesmall seabird
Hungarian bajkeverő
- bajkeverősmall seabird
Icelandic stormsvala
- stormsvalasmall seabird
Irish éan an anró, guairdeall
- éan an anrósmall seabird
- guairdeallsmall seabird
- peadairín na stoirmesmall seabird
Italian uccello delle tempeste, procellaria
- uccello delle tempestesmall seabird
- procellariasmall seabird
Japanese 海燕
- 海燕 (umi-tsubame)small seabird
Māori takahikare
- takahikaresmall seabird
Norwegian havsvale
- havsvalesmall seabird
Polish nawałnik burzowy
- nawałnik burzowysmall seabird
Portuguese painho
- painhosmall seabird
Russian буревестник, качу́рка
- буревестник (burevestnik)small seabird
- качу́рка (kačúrka)small seabird
Slovak víchrovníček
- víchrovníčeksmall seabird
Spanish paíño
- paíñosmall seabird
Swedish stormsvala
- stormsvalasmall seabird
Turkish fırtına kuşu, deniz ördeği
- fırtına kuşusmall seabird
- deniz ördeğismall seabird
Welsh pedryn drycin
- pedryn drycinsmall seabird
Cite this entry
storm petrel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20petrel
“storm petrel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20petrel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “storm petrel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20petrel.
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