petrel
English Thesaurus
1. relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | oceanic bird, pelagic bird, |
| definition | : | bird of the open seas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | procellaria aequinoctialis, white-chinned petrel, |
| definition | : | large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | giant fulmar, giant petrel, macronectes giganteus, |
| definition | : | large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | fulmar, fulmar petrel, fulmarus glacialis, |
| definition | : | heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | shearwater, |
| definition | : | long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | storm petrel, |
| definition | : | any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family procellariidae, procellariidae, |
| definition | : | petrels; fulmars; shearwaters (noun.animal) |
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