petrelnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpet.rəl/us/ˈpet.rəl/a bird with a curved beak that spends most of its life flying over the sea
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Birds found by or on the sea
- albatross
- cormorant
- curlew
- fulmar
- gannet
- guillemot
- gull
- penguin
- plover
- puffin
- seagull
- shag
- skua
- tern