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Noun: northern storm petrel
  1. Sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
    "northern storm petrels skimmed the waves during the tempest";
    - stormy petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus

Derived forms: northern storm petrels

Type of: storm petrel

Part of: genus Hydrobates, Hydrobates

Encyclopedia: Northern storm petrel