petrel

English

Wikipedia

Giant petrel

Etymology

Perhaps a diminutive of Peter, with reference to St. Peter's walking on the water (Matthew 14:29).

Pronunciation

• enPR: pĕt'rəl, IPA: /ˈpɛtrəl/, SAMPA: /"petr@l/
• Homophone: petrol

Noun

petrel (plural petrels)

1. Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.

Derived terms

terms derived from petrel (noun)

Antarctic petrel Atlantic petrel Barau's petrel Bermuda petrel Bonin petrel Bulwer's petrel Chatham petrel Cook's petrel European storm petrel Fea's petrel Fiji petrel Gould's petrel Guadalupe storm petrel Hawaiian petrel Juan Fernandez petrel Kerguelen petrel Kermadec petrel Leach's storm petrel Madeira petrel Madeiran storm petrel Magellan diving petrel Magenta petrel Markham's storm petrel Mas a Tierra petrel Mascarene petrel Matsudaira's storm petrel Murphy's petrel New Zealand storm petrel Peruvian diving petrel Phoenix petrel Polynesian storm petrel Providence petrel Pycroft's petrel South Georgia diving petrel Stejneger's petrel

Swinhoe's storm petrel Tahiti petrel Tristram's storm petrel Wilson's storm Petrel Zino's petrel ashy storm petrel black storm petrel black-bellied storm petrel black-capped petrel black-winged petrel blue petrel cape petrel common diving petrel dark-rumped petrel diving petrel fork-tailed storm petrel fulmarine petrel gadfly petrel giant petrel great-winged petrel grey-backed storm petrel herald petrel least storm petrel mottled petrel northern giant petrel ringed storm petrel snow petrel soft-plumaged petrel southern giant petrel storm petrel wedge-rumped storm petrel white-bellied storm petrel white-chinned petrel white-faced storm petrel white-headed petrel white-necked petrel white-vented storm petrel

Translations

Procellariiformes

Danish: stormfugl (da) c. Dutch: stormvogel m. Finnish: ulappaliitäjä (fi) French: pétrel (fr) m. German: Sturmvogel (de) m.

Greek: θαλασσοβάτης (el) (thalasovátis) m., θαλασσοδρόμος (el) (thalasodrómos) m. Italian: procellaria (it) f. Korean: 슴새 (seumsae) Russian: буревестник (ru) (burevéstnik) m. Spanish: petrel m., damero m.

See also

• Petrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Procellariiformes on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Procellariiformes
• Procellariiformes on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Procellariiformes

Anagrams

• pelter

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Spanish

Etymology

From English petrel or French pétrel.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /petˈrel/

Noun

petrel m. (plural petreles)

1. petrel