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Wat (wie) is PETREL - definitie

SEABIRD
Petrels; Peterel
  • A Westland petrel

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Petrels; Peterel
(petrels)
A petrel is a type of sea bird which often flies a long way from land. There are many kinds of petrel.
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Petrels; Peterel
['p?tr(?)l]
¦ noun a seabird related to the shearwaters, typically flying far from land. [Many species, chiefly in the family Procellariidae.]
Origin
C17: assoc. with St Peter, from the bird's habit of flying low with legs dangling, and so appearing to walk on the water (see Matt. 14:30).
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Petrels; Peterel
·noun Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.

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Petrel

Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.

Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor PETREL
1. Upon first glance they look similar to the Tahitian petrel, one of 66 petrel species, but Beck‘s are smaller and have narrower wings than the Tahitian variety.
2. The main victims are the Tristan albatross and Atlantic petrel.
3. Shirihai compared a dead petrel that he brought back with the data collected in the late 1'20s by Rollo Beck _ an American ornithologist after whom the bird is named _ to verify that his was a genuine Beck‘s petrel.
4. The island is home to '' percent of the world‘s Tristan albatross and Atlantic petrel populations –– the birds most often attacked.
5. More than a million albatross, shearwater and petrel chicks are being killed each year on Gough Island, eaten alive by overgrown rodents, scientists said yesterday.