storm petrel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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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 127:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| storm petrels | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| storm-petrel | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
northern storm petrel · Leach's storm petrel · southern storm petrel · Pincoya storm petrel · Townsend's storm petrel
Synonyms
witch (seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae) · storm-petrel (seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae) · stormy petrel (seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae) · mitty (seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae) · Mother Carey's chicken (seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae) · stormfinch (seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae)
Translations (37)
ga éan an anró (small seabird) · ca ocell de tempesta (small seabird) · mi takahikare (small seabird) · nv níyol yiiʼ naatʼaʼígíí (small seabird) · mk буревесник (small seabird) · hu bajkeverő (small seabird) · pl nawałnik burzowy (small seabird) · ga guairdeall (small seabird) · ru качу́рка (small seabird) · ast paín (small seabird) · nl stormvogeltje (small seabird) · cmn 海燕 (small seabird) · gl paíño (small seabird) · ca noneta (Balears) (small seabird) · es paíño (small seabird) · fi keiju (small seabird) · it uccello delle tempeste (small seabird) · is stormsvala (small seabird) · fr océanite (small seabird) · grc κέπφος (small seabird) · fo drunnhvíti (small seabird) · fr pétrel-tempête (small seabird) · ga peadairín na stoirme (small seabird) · tr fırtına kuşu (small seabird) · it procellaria (small seabird) · ja 海燕 (small seabird) · cy pedryn drycin (small seabird) · pt painho (small seabird) · no havsvale (small seabird) · sk víchrovníček (small seabird) · sv stormsvala (small seabird) · da stormsvale (small seabird) · de Sturmschwalbe (small seabird) · fi ulappakeiju (small seabird) · tr deniz ördeği (small seabird) · bg буревестник (small seabird) · ru буревестник (small seabird)