Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - petrel
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(petrels) A petrel is a type of sea bird which often flies a long way from land. There are many kinds of petrel. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: alteration of earlier pitteral Date: 1676 any of numerous seabirds (especially families Procellariidae and Hydrobatidae); especially one of the smaller long-winged birds that fly far from land — compare storm ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. any of various sea birds of the family Procellariidae or Hydrobatidae, usu. flying far from land. Etymology: 17th c. (also pitteral), of uncert. orig.: later assoc. with St Peter (Matt. 14:30) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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буревестник; буревестник (Procellaria); pl буревестники (Procellariidae) – Antarctic petrel – ashy petrel – black petrel – black-capped petrel – black fork-tailed petrel – blue petrel – blue-footed petrel – Bulwer's petrel – cahow petrel – Cape petrel – collared petrel – dark-rumped petrel – diving petrel – frigate petrel – giant petrel – Gould's petrel – gray petrel – gray-faced petrel – gray fork-tailed petrel – great-winged petrel – hooded petrel – Kerguelen diving petrel – Kermadec petrel – Leach's petrel – Madeiran petrel – mottled petrel – phoenix petrel – pintado petrel – snow petrel – soft-plumaged petrel – sooty petrel – Stejneger's petrel – storm petrel – white-faced storm petrel – white-headed petrel – white-necked petrel – white-throated petrel – white-winged petrel – Wilson's petrel ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. зоол. буревестник (Pterodroma) stormy petrel —- качурка малая (Hydrobates pelagicus) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1676, formed in Eng., probably as a dim. of Peter (L.L. Petrus), supposedly from the bird's way of flying with its feet just skimming the surface of the water, which recalls the apostle's walk on the sea of Galilee (Matt. xiv:28). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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