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English noun: petrel

1. petrel (animal) relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land


Broader (hypernym)oceanic bird, pelagic bird


Narrower (hyponym)fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis, giant fulmar, giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus, Procellaria aequinoctialis, shearwater, storm petrel, white-chinned petrel


Member meronymfamily Procellariidae, Procellariidae









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