[ひめうみつばめ;ヒメウミツバメ, himeumitsubame ; himeumitsubame] (n) (uk) European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
Petrus, Gr. pe`tros a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so
called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
{Petrify}.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
to the family {Procellarid[ae]}. The small petrels, or Mother
Carey's chickens, belong to {{Oceanites}}, {{Oceanodroma}},
{{Procellaria}}, and several allied genera.
[1913 Webster]
{Diving petrel}, any bird of the genus {Pelecanoides}. They
chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
{Fulmar petrel}, {Giant petrel}. See {Fulmar}.
{Pintado petrel}, the Cape pigeon. See under {Cape}.
{Pintado petrel}, any one of several small petrels,
especially {Procellaria pelagica}, or Mother Carey's
chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petrel
n 1: relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far
from land
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