pediunkern.

Brit.

/ˌpɛdɪˈʌŋkə/, U.S.

/ˌpɛdiˈəŋkər/

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown; perhaps imitative. Originally used in Tristan da Cunha, one of the islands on which the bird breeds.

The grey petrel, Procellaria cinerea, of southern oceans.

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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

1910 K. M. Barrow Three Years in Tristan da Cunha 275 The ‘Pediunker’ lays in May and June; it is like a petrel.

1923 A. H. Macklin in F. Wild Shackleton's Last Voy. xii. 253 Gordon Glass had with him his dog, which occasionally discovered a ‘pediunker’, a species of seabird which frequents the island [sc. Tristan da Cunha].

1952 J. Fisher Fulmar xvi. 381 Barnacles on birds are rare, though they have been found in the tail-feathers of the sub-antarctic Adamastor cinereus, the pediunker or grey petrel.

1992 J. del Hoyo et al. Handbk. Birds of World I. 230/1 Several other species have striking local names: the ‘Shoemaker’ for the White-chinned Petrel; the ‘Pediunker’ for the Grey Petrel; and the ‘Moaning Bird’ for the Wedge-tailed Shearwater.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pediunker
释义	pediunkern. Brit. /ˌpɛdɪˈʌŋkə/, U.S. /ˌpɛdiˈəŋkər/ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown; perhaps imitative. Originally used in Tristan da Cunha, one of the islands on which the bird breeds. The grey petrel, Procellaria cinerea, of southern oceans. 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 1910 K. M. Barrow Three Years in Tristan da Cunha 275 The ‘Pediunker’ lays in May and June; it is like a petrel. 1923 A. H. Macklin in F. Wild Shackleton's Last Voy. xii. 253 Gordon Glass had with him his dog, which occasionally discovered a ‘pediunker’, a species of seabird which frequents the island [sc. Tristan da Cunha]. 1952 J. Fisher Fulmar xvi. 381 Barnacles on birds are rare, though they have been found in the tail-feathers of the sub-antarctic Adamastor cinereus, the pediunker or grey petrel. 1992 J. del Hoyo et al. Handbk. Birds of World I. 230/1 Several other species have striking local names: the ‘Shoemaker’ for the White-chinned Petrel; the ‘Pediunker’ for the Grey Petrel; and the ‘Moaning Bird’ for the Wedge-tailed Shearwater. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1910
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