petrel
Noun
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Relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land (synset 102061815)
is a type of: oceanic bird, pelagic bird - bird of the open seassubtypes:
- procellaria aequinoctialis, white-chinned petrel - large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin
- giant fulmar, giant petrel, macronectes giganteus - large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
- fulmar, fulmar petrel, fulmarus glacialis - heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
- shearwater - long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves
- storm petrel - any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
belongs to: family procellariidae, procellariidae - petrels; fulmars; shearwaters
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