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Type Words
Type of pelagic bird, oceanic bird
Has types fulmar petrel, fulmarus glacialis, giant fulmar, giant petrel, macronectes giganteus, procellaria aequinoctialis, white-chinned petrel, fulmar, shearwater, storm petrel

Examples of petrel

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Petrel, however, is one of a group of companies that signed its deal with Saddam.
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The researchers analyzed data on petrel chick survivability from 1972 to 2007.
From the nytimes.com
This is a solitary pelagic gadfly petrel of the open seas of the southwest Pacific.
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This long-winged petrel has a grey-brown back and wings, with a white nape and rump.
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This petrel is strictly nocturnal at the breeding sites to avoid predation by gulls.
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The petrel builds the nest, which the tuatara defends and keeps pest-free.
From the washingtonpost.com
The RSPB hopes the move will help to save the endangered Henderson petrel.
From the independent.co.uk
Numbers of Wilson's storm petrel have slumped by up to 95% because of rats.
From the guardian.co.uk
This petrel is only present in Madeiran waters during the breeding season.
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More examples
  • Relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land
  • Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. The common name does not indicate relationship beyond that point, as "petrels" occur in three of the four families within that group (except the Albatross family, Diomedeidae). ...
  • Petrel is a Schlumberger owned Windows PC software application intended to aggregate oil reservoir data from multiple sources. ...
  • The Petrel was a British sounding rocket. The Petrel 1 was launched, like the Skua 1, with 3 Chick booster rockets. The Chick motors were fitted in a Booster Carriage that also carried the two parachutes that brought it back to earth for re-use. The Petrel 1 was 3. ...
  • Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes