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Meaning of "petrel"
petrel (noun) - a seabird that flies with its feet skimming the water's surface
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- Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
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Albatross and petrel populations are continuing to decline.
It gets away but the petrel is stunned.
A storm petrel dancing on the water.
Now it waits for a petrel coming in.
The snow petrel was the most abundant species observed.
Oceanites is a genus of seabird in the storm petrel family.
A ravenous petrel shares the feast.
Puffinus nestori is an extinct seabird in the petrel family.
But the petrel is stunned.
The ship is named after the sea bird petrel.
Several species of austral storm petrel are threatened by human activities.
Success for the whale means a feast for the petrel.
I am just a petrel in the storm.
It is a medium sized petrel.
And albatross and petrel among other lovely birds.
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It is a small gadfly petrel.
Stormy petrel on a stick.
Greater snow petrel.
It does not go for a petrel straight away but positions itself just outside.
Southern giant petrel.
This petrel is strictly nocturnal at the breeding sites to avoid predation by gulls.
It is possible that the herald petrel breeds there as well.
They harried the all black male forcing it to drop the petrel.
Many albatross and petrel species are facing potential extinction as a result of fishing operations.
Wilsons storm petrel.
Several species of northern storm petrel undertake migrations after the breeding season.
European storm petrel.
The southern giant petrel is a large bird with pointed wings and a huge bill.
Magellanic diving petrel.
The Hawaiian petrel is an endangered species.
Pincoya storm petrel.
Many species of petrel breed on Macquarie.
Northern giant petrel.
A petrel is a bird in the order Procellariiformes.
Peruvian diving petrel.
This petrel is only present in Madeiran waters during the breeding season.
Least storm petrel.
The southern giant petrel is at risk of extinction as a breeding species within the Antarctic.
Yet at least one conservation group has decided to ignore the petrel.
Recent studies on the diving petrel are few in Peru.
Global warming and climate change could have a profound impact on the ashy storm petrel.
The snow petrel is one of only three birds that breed exclusively in Antarctica.
The meeting was a significant step towards effective global cooperation in albatross and petrel conservation.
Petrel then steamed to the navy yard at Cavite and forced its surrender.
Jewelry you had planted on the Petrel.
Two skuas and a giant petrel fighting over a dead Antarctic fur seal.
Your ship did not attack the Petrel.
They have long been retained with the gadfly petrel genus Pterodroma despite morphological differences.
He identified the bird as a Bermuda petrel.
Petrel AUG is the Chinese answer to this problem.
