Definition of Petril
Pe"trel (?), n. [F.
pétrel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
Petrus, Gr. &?; a stone (John i. 42); -- probably so
called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
Petrify.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species
of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family
Procellaridæ. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's
chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma,
Procellaria, and several allied genera.
Diving petrel, any bird of the genus
Pelecanoides. They chiefly inhabit the southern
hemisphere. -- Fulmar petrel, Giant
petrel. See Fulmar. -- Pintado
petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape. --
Pintado petrel, any one of several small
petrels, especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's
chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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