Stormy+petrel

  • 11stormy petrel —   See petrel …

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  • 12stormy petrel — cause controversy, incite arguments …

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  • 13The Song of the Stormy Petrel — (Песня о Буревестнике, English translation below ) is a short piece of revolutionary literature written by the Russian writer Maksim Gorki in 1901. Itis considered poetry.In 1901, no one could criticise the tsar directly and hopeto escape unhappy …

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  • 14Petrel —    , STORMY PETREL    Petrels are small dark white rumped sea birds that, when flying, appear to be patting the water alternately with each foot, as though they were walking on it. This flying habit is particularly noticeable during a stormy… …

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  • 15petrel —    Ua u, uwa u, ua u kēwai.    ♦ Bulwer s petrel, ou, ou ou.    ♦ Hawaiian stormy petrel, akē akē, lupe akeke, oeoe.    ♦ Stormy petrel, akihi ke ehi ale.    ♦ Call to attract petrels, believed in imitation of their cry, kue …

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  • 16stormy — adj. (stormier, stormiest) 1 of or affected by storms. 2 (of a wind etc.) violent, raging, vehement. 3 full of feeling or outbursts; lively, boisterous (a stormy meeting). Phrases and idioms: stormy petrel = storm petrel. Derivatives: stormily… …

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  • 17petrel — noun (C) a black and white sea bird; stormy petrel …

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  • 18petrel —   n. small dark seabird.    ♦ stormy or    ♦ storm petrel, such bird of the Atlantic and   Mediterranean; person fond of, or whose presence heralds, strife …

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  • 19Wilson's Storm Petrel — Conservation status Leas …

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  • 20Storm-petrel — Taxobox name = Storm petrels image width = 250px image caption = Wilson s Storm Petrel regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Hydrobatidae familia authority = Mathews, 1912 subdivision ranks = Genera …

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