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Noun: giant petrel  'jI-unt 'pet-rul
  1. Large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
    "The giant petrel scavenged along the shoreline";
    - giant fulmar, Macronectes giganteus

Derived forms: giant petrels

Type of: petrel

Part of: genus Macronectes, Macronectes

Encyclopedia: Giant petrel