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 meronym | family Procellariidae, Procellariidae | ||