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Stormy petrel

noun
1.
Sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean.  Synonyms: Hydrobates pelagicus, northern storm petrel.






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"Stormy petrel" Quotes from Famous Books



... Johnston, who looked up with the same gay indifference he had manifested when we floundered half-fed, knee-deep in slush of snow. "I'll save you unpleasant explanations," he said. "I'm a stormy petrel, and the monotonous life of a farmer would pall on me, so I'll see you through the railroad contract, and then—well, I'll thank you for a space of pleasant comradeship, and go on my way again. The mountain province is sufficiently good for me, and some day I'll find either a gold mine ...
— Lorimer of the Northwest • Harold Bindloss



Words linked to "Stormy petrel" :   genus Hydrobates, Hydrobates, Hydrobates pelagicus, northern storm petrel, storm petrel



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