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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

storm petrel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
stor-m pe-trel
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

storm petrels (plural) storm-petrel (alternative)

Phrases

Leach's storm petrel northern storm petrel Pincoya storm petrel southern storm petrel Townsend's storm petrel

Synonyms

mitty Mother Carey's chicken stormfinch storm-petrel stormy petrel witch

Questions

What does storm petrel mean?
Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.

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