| 单词 | petrel |
| 释义 | petrel (once / 6929 pages) n WORD FAMILY petrel: petrels USAGE EXAMPLESSome of krill's seabird predators, such as petrels and shearwaters, sniff out this chemical to find the grazers. Nature(Nov 15, 2016) Seabirds with a keen sense of smell, including albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, can detect this odour, which they associate with food. BBC(Nov 09, 2016) Savoca’s team decided to focus on birds already severely affected by plastic consumption: albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters. National Geographic(Nov 09, 2016) n relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land Hypo|Hyper Procellaria aequinoctialis, white-chinned petrel large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin Macronectes giganteus, giant fulmar, giant petrellarge brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas Fulmarus glacialis, fulmar, fulmar petrelheavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions shearwaterlong-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves storm petrelany of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinussmall black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern Atlantic Hydrobates pelagicus, northern storm petrel, stormy petrelsooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean Mother Carey's chicken, Mother Carey's hen, Oceanites oceanicusmedium-sized storm petrel oceanic bird, pelagic bird bird of the open seas |
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