Antarctic petrel
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Antarctic petrel (plural Antarctic petrels)
- A species of petrel, Thalassoica antarctica, which breeds in Antarctica. [from 18th c.]
- 1773, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 15 December:
- Saw a great number of penguins on an ice island and some Antartick petrels flying about.
- 1773, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 15 December: