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Synonyms for storm petrel


Grammar : Noun



Définition of storm petrel

  • As in stormy petrel : noun bird of ill omen
Example sentences :
  • He disappears as does the storm petrel when the sea is quiet.
  • Extract from : « The Tempering » by Charles Neville Buck
  • Yesterday and today great numbers of a storm petrel (Thalassidroma leucogastra) have been following in our wake.
  • Extract from : « Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. To Which Is Added The Account Of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition For The Exploration Of The Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist To The Expedition. In Two Volumes. Volume 1. » by John MacGillivray
  • The storm petrel hovered high, swooped close, her lips parted.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story » by Various

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