Noun: stormy petrel 'stor-mee'pe-trul
- Sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
"Stormy petrels skimmed the waves during the tempest";
- northern storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus
Derived forms: stormy petrels
Type of: storm petrel
Part of: genus Hydrobates, Hydrobates
Encyclopedia: Stormy petrel