diving petrel
See also: diving-petrel
English
Alternative forms
Noun
diving petrel (plural diving petrels)
- Any seabird of the family Pelecanoididae in the order Procellariiformes, resembling auks and native to the southern oceans.
Derived terms
- common diving petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix)
- Georgian diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus)
- Magellan diving petrel (Pelecanoides magellani)
- Peruvian diving petrel (Pelecanoides garnotii)
- South Georgia diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus)
Translations
bird of the family Pelecanoididae
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