| 单词 | storm petrel |
| 释义 | storm petrel (once / 337695 pages) n WORD FAMILY storm petrel: storm petrels USAGE EXAMPLESThis year, the union split two — the Western scrub-jay and Leach’s storm petrel — into two and three different species, respectively. Washington Post(Sep 01, 2016) But when he asked around for flocks of, say, cormorants or storm petrels, a park warden told him he was out of luck. New York Times(Mar 21, 2016) As she looked and glided, a flock of storm petrels winged by. Jean Craighead George, Frightful's Mountain(2001) n any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts Hypo|Hyper Hydrobates pelagicus, northern storm petrel, stormy petrel sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean Mother Carey's chicken, Mother Carey's hen, Oceanites oceanicusmedium-sized storm petrel petrel relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land |
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