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snow petrel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small, pure white fulmarine petrel with black underdown, coal-black eyes, small black bill and bluish gray feet.

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9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: petrell de les neus — small, pure white fulmarine petrel
  • Dutch: sneeuwstormvogel — small, pure white fulmarine petrel
  • Finnish: lumimyrskyliitäjä — small, pure white fulmarine petrel
  • French: pétrel des neiges — small, pure white fulmarine petrel
  • French: fulmar des neiges — small, pure white fulmarine petrel
  • German: Schneesturmvogel — small, pure white fulmarine petrel
  • Japanese: 雪鳥 (yuki-dori) — small, pure white fulmarine petrel
  • Russian: сне́жный буреве́стник (snéžnyj burevéstnik) — small, pure white fulmarine petrel
  • Swedish: ispetrell — small, pure white fulmarine petrel