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Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: petrel
Narrower terms: stormy petrel, northern storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, Mother Carey's chicken, Mother Carey's hen, Oceanites oceanicus
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
paín
— small seabird
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Bulgarian:
буревестник
(burevestnik)
— small seabird
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Catalan:
ocell de tempesta
— small seabird
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Catalan:
noneta (Balears)
— small seabird
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Chinese Mandarin:
海燕
(hǎiyàn)
— small seabird
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Danish:
stormsvale
— small seabird
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Dutch:
stormvogeltje
— small seabird
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Faroese:
drunnhvíti
— small seabird
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Finnish:
keiju
— small seabird
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Finnish:
ulappakeiju
— small seabird
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French:
pétrel-tempête
— small seabird
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French:
océanite
— small seabird
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Galician:
paíño
— small seabird
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German:
Sturmschwalbe
— small seabird
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Ancient Greek:
κέπφος
(képphos)
— small seabird
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Hungarian:
bajkeverő
— small seabird
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Icelandic:
stormsvala
— small seabird
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Irish:
éan an anró
— small seabird
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Irish:
guairdeall
— small seabird
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Irish:
peadairín na stoirme
— small seabird
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Italian:
uccello delle tempeste
— small seabird
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Italian:
procellaria
— small seabird
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Japanese:
海燕
(umi-tsubame)
— small seabird
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Macedonian:
буревесник
(burevesnik)
— small seabird
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Māori:
takahikare
— small seabird
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Navajo:
níyol yiiʼ naatʼaʼígíí
— small seabird
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Norwegian:
havsvale
— small seabird
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Polish:
nawałnik burzowy
— small seabird
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Portuguese:
painho
— small seabird
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Russian:
буревестник
(burevestnik)
— small seabird
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Russian:
качу́рка
(kačúrka)
— small seabird
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Slovak:
víchrovníček
— small seabird
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Spanish:
paíño
— small seabird
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Swedish:
stormsvala
— small seabird
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Turkish:
fırtına kuşu
— small seabird
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Turkish:
deniz ördeği
— small seabird
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Welsh:
pedryn drycin
— small seabird
