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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small blackish petrel, belonging to the genus Procellaria as now restricted, or to one of a few closely related genera, as Oceanites, Cymochorea, and Halocyptena.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several small
seabirds , of the familyHydrobatidae , having dark plumage and a white rump.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
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