petrel
Kelime Anlamı :

1. fırtına kuşu.
2. ortalığı karıştıran tip.
3. tatsızlık çıkaran tip.
4. yelkovankuşuna benzer herhangi bir deniz kuşu.
5. yelkovankuş.
Tanımlar :
1. any of numerous black, gray, or white sea birds of the order Procellariiformes, especially the storm petrel.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridæ. the small petrels, or mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A small black-and-white seabird, Procellaria pelagica; hence, any similar bird of pelagic or oceanic habits, with webbed feet, long pointed wings, and tubular nostrils, belonging to the family Procellariidæ and subfamily Procellariinæ.
2. the kittiwake, a gull.
3. an obsolete form of poitrel.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.