petrel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- pĕt'rəl
- /ˈpɛt.ɹəl/
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Etymology
From earlier pitteral. Perhaps a diminutive of Peter, with reference to St. Peter's walking on the water (Matthew 14:29). A derivation from patter or pitter-patter has been suggested, for instance by ornithologist Elliott Ladd Coues.
Meanings
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Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
In a storm they will hover close under the ship's stern in the wake of the ship (as it is called) or the smoothness which the ship's passing has made on the sea; and there as they fly (gently then) they pat the water alternately with their feet as if they walked upon it; though still upon the wing. And from hence the seamen give them the name of petrels in allusion to St. Peter's walking upon the Lake of Gennesareth.
1703, William Dampier, chapter III, in A Voyage to New Holland, etc. in the Year 1699:The seventh of May following, we first saw many Birds in bignesse of Cliffe Pidgeons, and after divers other as Pettrels, Cootes, Hagbuts, Pengwins, Murres, Gannets, Cormorants, Guls, with many else in our English Tongue of no name.
1625, Samuel Purchas, Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes, The Relation of Captaine GOSNOLS Voyage to the North part of Virginia, begunne the sixe and twentieth of March, Anno 42. ELIZABETHAE Reginae 1602. and delivered by GABRIEL ARCHER, a Gentleman in the said Voyage:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| petrels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
black storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · least storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · southern giant petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Bermuda petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Wilson's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Tristram's storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · giant petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Bulwer's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Tahiti petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · New Zealand storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · diving petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Kaeding's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Chatham petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Matsudaira's storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · snow petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · great-winged petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Madeira petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · wedge-rumped storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Leach's storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Mascarene petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · blue petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · white-bellied storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · herald petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · fulmar-petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · white-faced storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Mas a Tierra petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · northern giant petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · mottled petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Stejneger's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Phoenix petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · South Georgia diving petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Barau's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · European storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · white-chinned petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · white-necked petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · black-winged petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Hawaiian petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Wilson's storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · gadfly petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · ringed storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Providence petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Atlantic petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · white-vented storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Fiji petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Zino's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Juan Fernandez petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · grey-backed storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · black-capped petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Murphy's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · stormy petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Cape petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Pycroft's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Cook's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · ashy storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Antarctic petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · black-bellied storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Leach's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Peruvian diving petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Polynesian storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Markham's storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Swinhoe's storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Madeiran storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Kermadec petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Gould's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · fulmarine petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Magenta petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · common diving petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · cape petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · white-headed petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Guadalupe storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Wilson's storm Petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · fork-tailed storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · soft-plumaged petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · dark-rumped petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Magellan diving petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Fea's petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Bonin petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · storm petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun)) · Kerguelen petrel (terms derived from petrel (noun))
Descendants
Translations (34)
sw mlinzi (Procellariiformes) · pl rurkonos (Procellariiformes) · ga peadairín (Procellariiformes) · az fırtına quşu (Procellariiformes) · ko 슴새 (Procellariiformes) · mi ōi (Procellariiformes) · tt давыл кошы (Procellariiformes) · hu hojsza (Procellariiformes) · it ossifraga (Procellariiformes) · ckt капотаԓгын (Procellariiformes) · kum денгиз каракъуш (Procellariiformes) · ru буреве́стник (Procellariiformes) · es petrel (Procellariiformes) · fr pétrel (Procellariiformes) · cs buřňáček (Procellariiformes) · ca petrell (Procellariiformes) · cy gwylan y graig (Procellariiformes) · tr fırtınakuşu (Procellariiformes) · it procellaria (Procellariiformes) · hu viharmadár (Procellariiformes) · da stormfugl (Procellariiformes) · fi ulappaliitäjä (Procellariiformes) · gl pardela (Procellariiformes) · hu vészmadár (Procellariiformes) · bg буревестник (Procellariiformes) · el θαλασσοβάτης (Procellariiformes) · nl stormvogel (Procellariiformes) · tr yelkovan (Procellariiformes) · de Sturmvogel (Procellariiformes) · kum боранкъуш (Procellariiformes) · cy pedryn (Procellariiformes) · ckt кэпутэт (Procellariiformes) · el θαλασσοδρόμος (Procellariiformes) · ga guairdeall (Procellariiformes)