Petrel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɛt.ɹəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Petrel is a noun meaning Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
Meaning
Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
Example Sentences
The seventh of May following, we first saw many Birds in bignesse of Cliffe Pidgeons, and after divers other as Pettrels, Cootes, Hagbuts, Pengwins, Murres, Gannets, Cormorants, Guls, with many else in our English Tongue of no name.
In a storm they will hover close under the ship's stern in the wake of the ship (as it is called) or the smoothness which the ship's passing has made on the sea; and there as they fly (gently then) they pat the water alternately with their feet as if they walked upon it; though still upon the wing. And from hence the seamen give them the name of petrels in allusion to St. Peter's walking upon the Lake of Gennesareth.
Word Forms
- petrels
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fulmar, chinned, storm, procellarian, tubenose, seabird.
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