storm petrel

/ˌstɔrm ˈpɛtrəl/

Other forms: storm petrels

Definitions of storm petrel

1. noun

   any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
   types:

   Hydrobates pelagicus, northern storm petrel, stormy petrel

   sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

   Mother Carey's chicken, Mother Carey's hen, Oceanites oceanicus

   medium-sized storm petrel

   type of:

   petrel

   relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land