petrel

Any of various black, gray, or white pelagic seabirds of the order Procellariiformes, found mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.

An obsolete form of poitrel.

A small black-and-white seabird, Procellaria pelagica; hence, any similar bird of pelagic or oceanic habits, with webbed feet, long pointed wings, and tubular nostrils, belonging to the family Procellariidæ and subfamily Procellariinæ.

The kittiwake, a gull.

Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridæ. The small petrels, or Mother Carey’s chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.

any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.

See Fulmar.

the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.

any one of several small petrels, especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey’s chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.