diving petrel

See also: diving-petrel

English

Peruvian diving petrel (Pelecanoides garnotii)

Alternative forms

• diving-petrel

Noun

diving petrel (plural diving petrels)

1. Any seabird of the genus Pelecanoides in the family Procellariidae, resembling auks and native to the southern oceans.

Derived terms

• common diving petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix)
• Georgian diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus)
• Magellan diving petrel (Pelecanoides magellani)
• Peruvian diving petrel (Pelecanoides garnotii)
• South Georgia diving petrel (Pelecanoides georgicus)

Translations

bird of the genus Pelecanoides

• Finnish: myrskysukeltaja (fi)
• German: Tauchsturmvogel m
• Navajo: níyol yiiʼ naʼałkǫ́ʼígíí
• Polish: nurzec (pl) m
• Russian: нырко́вый буреве́стник (nyrkóvyj burevéstnik)