gadfly petrel
English
Pterodroma cervicalis
Noun
gadfly petrel (plural gadfly petrels)
- A petrel of the genus Pterodroma.
- 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford 2000, p. 61:
- The taiko, a gadfly petrel from the Chatham Islands near to New Zealand, was well known to islanders during the nineteenth century, being used by them as a food resource.
- 2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford 2000, p. 61:
Translations
petrel of the genus Pterodroma
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