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Wilson's storm petrel

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A small seabird of species Oceanites oceanicus in the storm petrel family Oceanitidae, breeding on the Antarctic coastlines and nearby islands such as the South Shetland Islands.

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History

Etymology

The name commemorates the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson.

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Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: Wilsons stormvogeltje — small seabird
  • Finnish: etelänkeiju — small seabird
  • French: océanite de Wilson — small seabird
  • German: Buntfuß-Sturmschwalbe — small seabird
  • Portuguese: casquilho — small seabird
  • Russian: качу́рка Ви́льсона (kačúrka Vílʹsona) — small seabird