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A giant petrel (genus Macronectes, family Procellariidae), of southern oceans.
= stinker, n. 5, stink-pot, n. 3.
A sailor's name for a petrel. Cf. stinker, n. 5. Also, in South Africa, applied to the Sooty Albatross, Phœbetria fuliginosa, and the Cape hen, Maj…
A sailor's name for the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea) and other ill-smelling petrels.