Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
petrel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
petrel .
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- noun Archaic form of
petrel .
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Examples
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In the course of this day we saw many whales, one seal, penguins, some of the white birds, another sort of peterel, which is brown and white, and not much unlike a pintado; and some other sorts already known.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784
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In the course of this day we saw many whales, one seal, penguins, some of the white birds, another sort of peterel, which is brown and white, and not much unlike a pintado; and some other sorts already known.
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 James Cook 1753
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On the 17th, they faw many wjiales, one feal, penguins, fome wtute bird% another fort of peterel, which is brown and white, and not much unlike a pintado j ifnd fome other forts.
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There is a prolix account of the marriage-feast, of which we can pick out the names of a few dishes, such as peterel, crane, sturgeon, swan, etc., with a profusion of wild-fowl and venison.
Waverley 2004
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There is a prolix account of the marriage-feast, of which we can pick out the names of a few dishes, such as peterel, crane, sturgeon, swan, etc. etc., with a profusion of wild-fowl and venison.
The Waverley 1877
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There is a prolix account of the marriage - feast, of which we can pick out the names of a few dishes, such as peterel, crane, sturgeon, swan, etc. etc., with a profusion of wild-fowl and venison.
Waverley — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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There is a prolix account of the marriage-feast, of which we can pick out the names of a few dishes, such as peterel, crane, sturgeon, swan, etc., with a profusion of wild-fowl and venison.
Waverley Walter Scott 1801
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There is a prolix account of the marriage - feast, of which we can pick out the names of a few dishes, such as peterel, crane, sturgeon, swan, etc. etc., with a profusion of wild-fowl and venison.
Waverley — Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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The great peterel is as large as the common albatross, and is carnivorous.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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Here also birds were abundant; the albatross, the penguin, and the peterel especially.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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