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单词 storm petrel
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
storm pet′rel, 
  1. Birdsany of several small, tube-nosed seabirds of the family Hydrobatidae, usually having black or sooty-brown plumage with a white rump.
Also, storm-pet′rel. Cf. stormy petrel. 
  • 1795–1805

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
storm petrel n
  1. any small petrel, such as the northern Hydrobates pelagicus, of the family Hydrobatidae, typically having a dark plumage with paler underparts
    Also called: Mother Carey's chicken, stormy petrel
Etymology: 19th Century: so named because it was thought to be a harbinger of rough weather
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