"storm petrel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: storm petrels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} storm petrel (plural storm petrels)
  1. Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels or Austral storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump. Wikipedia link: storm petrel Categories (lifeform): Tubenose birds Synonyms: storm-petrel Synonyms (seabird in Hydrobatidae): Mother Carey's chicken, storm-petrel, stormy petrel Derived forms: Leach's storm petrel, Townsend's storm petrel Translations (small seabird): κέπφος (képphos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), paín (Asturian), буревестник (burevestnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 海燕 (hǎiyàn) (Chinese Mandarin), stormsvale [common-gender] (Danish), stormvogeltje [neuter] (Dutch), drunnhvíti [masculine] (Faroese), keiju (Finnish), ulappakeiju (english: Hydrobatidae) (Finnish), pétrel-tempête [masculine] (French), océanite (French), paíño [masculine] (Galician), Sturmschwalbe [neuter] (German), stormsvala [feminine] (Icelandic), éan an anró [masculine] (Irish), guairdeall [masculine] (Irish), peadairín na stoirme [masculine] (Irish), 海燕 (umi-tsubame) (alt: うみつばめ) (Japanese), ウミツバメ (umi-tsubame) (alt: うみつばめ) (Japanese), буревесник (burevesnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), takahikare (Maori), níyol yiiʼ naatʼaʼígíí (Navajo), havsvale (Norwegian), painho [masculine] (Portuguese), качу́рка (kačúrka) [feminine] (Russian), víchrovníček [masculine] (Slovak), paíño [masculine] (Spanish), stormsvala (Swedish), pedryn drycin [masculine] (Welsh)

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