"storm petrel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: storm petrels [plural]
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  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): mitty [archaic], Mother Carey's chicken, stormfinch [archaic], storm-petrel, stormy petrel, witch Derived forms: Leach's storm petrel, Pincoya storm petrel, Townsend's storm petrel Translations (small seabird): κέπφος (képphos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), paín (Asturian), буревестник (burevestnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ocell de tempesta [masculine] (Catalan), noneta (Balears) [feminine] (Catalan), 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), bajkeverő (Hungarian), stormsvala [feminine] (Icelandic), éan an anró [masculine] (Irish), guairdeall [masculine] (Irish), peadairín na stoirme [masculine] (Irish), 海燕 (umi-tsubame) (alt: ウミツバメ) (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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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "качу́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small seabird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "víchrovníček"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small seabird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paíño"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small seabird",
      "word": "stormsvala"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small seabird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pedryn drycin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "storm petrel"
}

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