NORTHERN STORM PETREL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northern storm petrel mean? 

• NORTHERN STORM PETREL (noun)
  The noun NORTHERN STORM PETREL has 1 sense:

1. sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

  Familiarity information: NORTHERN STORM PETREL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHERN STORM PETREL (noun)

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Meaning:

Sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Hydrobates pelagicus; northern storm petrel; stormy petrel

Hypernyms ("northern storm petrel" is a kind of...):

storm petrel (any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts)

Holonyms ("northern storm petrel" is a member of...):

genus Hydrobates; Hydrobates (type genus of the Hydrobatidae)