small petrel

Mira otros diccionarios:

• Petrel — Pe trel, n. [F. p[ e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. ? a stone ( John i. 42); probably so called in allusion to St. Peter s walking on the sea. See {Petrify}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• petrel — [pe′trəl] n. [earlier pitteral < ?] a member of any of three families (esp. Procellariidae) of small, marine tubenose birds with long wings, including storm petrels and shearwaters …   English World dictionary

• Petrel — This article is about the petrel seabirds. For other uses, see petrel (disambiguation). The flammable liquid is correctly spelt petrol.Petrels are tube nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. The common name does not indicate… …   Wikipedia

• petrel — /pe treuhl/, n. any of numerous tube nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae. Cf. storm petrel, diving petrel. [1670 80; earlier pitteral, of uncert. orig.; perh. altered by assoc. with St. Peter (who… …   Universalium

• Small St Helena Petrel — Taxobox name = Small St Helena Petrel status = EX | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Procellariidae genus = Bulweria species = B. bifax binomial = Bulweria bifax… …   Wikipedia

• Petrel —    , STORMY PETREL    Petrels are small dark white rumped sea birds that, when flying, appear to be patting the water alternately with each foot, as though they were walking on it. This flying habit is particularly noticeable during a stormy… …   Dictionary of eponyms

• storm petrel — small petrel with blackish feathers (in the past was believed to announce the approaching bad weather) …   English contemporary dictionary

• petrel —   n. small dark seabird.    ♦ stormy or    ♦ storm petrel, such bird of the Atlantic and   Mediterranean; person fond of, or whose presence heralds, strife …   Dictionary of difficult words

• petrel — pet·rel || petrÉ™l n. type of small seabird …   English contemporary dictionary

• Diving-petrel — Taxobox name = Diving petrel image width = 250px image caption = Peruvian Diving petrel, Pelecanoides garnotii regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Pelecanoididae familia authority = G.R. Gray,… …   Wikipedia

• Blue Petrel — Taxobox name = Blue Petrel image caption = Holding a blue petrel during a ringing campaign. status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Procellariidae genus =… …   Wikipedia