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What is a petrel?

What is a petrel? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.
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It is the staff of life for the penguin, petrel, crabeater, leopard seal, and the Antarctic whales.
The motif of the stormy petrel has a long association with revolutionary anarchism.
When I start rowing again after one and a half hours, when the rain has somewhat slackened, a storm petrel lands on my head.
The highlight of the day was a brief glimpse of a violet turaco, which flew above our heads, a flash of petrel blue and bright crimson.
The Newell's shearwater and Hawaiian petrel, known for its daring aerial maneuvers and black collar, live mostly out at sea.
The New Zealand storm petrel and the Lord Howe Island stick insect are among the other species no longer missing.

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