storm petrel

See also: storm-petrel

English

Storm petrel

Alternative forms

storm-petrel

Noun

storm petrel (plural storm petrels)

Any of several small seabirds, of the family Hydrobatidae, having dark plumage and a white rump.

Synonyms

(seabird in Hydrobatidae): Mother Carey's chicken, storm-petrel, stormy petrel

Translations

any of several small seabirds, of the family Hydrobatidae

Danish: stormsvale c
Dutch: stormvogeltje n
Faroese: drunnhvíti m
Finnish: ulappakeiju (fi)
French: pétrel-tempête (fr) m, océanite (fr)
Galician: paíño m
German: Sturmschwalbe n
Icelandic: stormsvala (is) f
Irish: éan an anró m, guairdeall m, peadairín na stoirme m

Macedonian: буревесник m (burevesnik)
Maori: takahikare
Navajo: níyol yiiʼ naatʼaʼígíí
Norwegian: havsvale (no)
Portuguese: painho (pt) m
Russian: качу́рка (ru) f (kačúrka)
Slovak: víchrovníček m
Spanish: paíño m
Swedish: stormsvala (sv)

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