STORMY PETREL

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Meaning:

Sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

Synonyms:

Hydrobates pelagicus; northern storm petrel; stormy petrel

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("stormy petrel" is a kind of...):

storm petrel (any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts)

Holonyms ("stormy petrel" is a member of...):

genus Hydrobates; Hydrobates (type genus of the Hydrobatidae)

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