STORM PETREL


Meaning of STORM PETREL in English

any of several small, tube-nosed seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, usually having black or sooty-brown plumage with a white rump.

Also, storm-petrel . Cf. stormy petrel .

[ 1795-1805 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .