单词 | grey petrel |
释义 | > as lemmasgrey petrel grey petrel n. a large grey-brown petrel with a white belly, Procellaria cinerea (family Procellariidae), of southern oceans; = pediunker n.Also called brown petrel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Procellariidae (petrel) > member of genus Procellaria > other types petrel1602 Antarctic petrel1777 grey petrel1782 sea-nymph1875 whale-bird1875 pediunker1910 1782 W. Ellis Authentic Narr. Voy. Capt. Cook & Capt. Clerke II. xxix. 197 We..and saw a flock of ducks, and many small grey petrels. 1845 R. Howitt Australia 57 The albatrosses and grey petrels..are, in the midst of all this uproar, quite at home. 1934 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 23 June 17 The brown or grey petrel, which breeds on the Macquarie and the Antipodes Islands, occasionally visits the New Zealand coast. 2011 R. W. Doughty & V. Carmichael Albatross & Fish x. 135 The Grey Petrels..plunged into the water to retrieve the sinking baits. < as lemmas |
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