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De - Pt| English Dictionary: pintado petrel | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p[82]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. [?] a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family {Procellarid[91]}. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to {{Oceanites}}, {{Oceanodroma}}, {{Procellaria}}, and several allied genera. {Diving petrel}, any bird of the genus {Pelecanoides}. They chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere. {Fulmar petrel}, {Giant petrel}. See {Fulmar}. {Pintado petrel}, the Cape pigeon. See under {Cape}. {Pintado petrel}, any one of several small petrels, especially {Procellaria pelagica}, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic. | |
