| 单词 | petrel |
| 释义 | petrel /pe"treuhl/, n. any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae. Cf. storm petrel, diving petrel. [1670-80; earlier pitteral, of uncert. orig.; perh. altered by assoc. with St. Peter (who attempted to walk on the water of Lake Gennesareth), alluding to the bird's habit of flying close to the ocean surface] |
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