storm-petrel

  • 121stormy petrel — 1. the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean. 2. a person who causes or likes trouble or strife. [1770 80] * * * …

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  • 122stormy petrel — noun The storm petrel …

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  • 123Wilson's petrel — noun Variant name for Wilsons storm petrel …

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  • 124stormy petrel — noun 1》 dated term for storm petrel. 2》 a person who delights in conflict or attracts controversy …

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  • 125stormy petrel — /stɔmi ˈpɛtrəl/ (say stawmee petruhl) noun 1. → storm petrel. 2. a person whose coming supposedly portends trouble …

  • 126The 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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  • 127Diving petrel — Peruvian Diving Petrel, Pelecanoides garnotii Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 128diving petrel — any of several small seabirds of the family Pelecanoididae, of Southern Hemisphere seas, having compact bodies, tubelike processes near the nostrils, and usually drab plumage. * * * ▪ bird       any of five species of small seabirds of the sub… …

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