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petrel
(encz) | petrel,buřňák n: [zoo.] lat. Macronectes n. Halobaena (druh mořského
ptáka) Zdeněk Brož; kavol |
Petrel
(gcide) | Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
Petrus, Gr. pe`tros a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so
called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
Petrify.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
to the family Procellarid[ae]. The small petrels, or Mother
Carey's chickens, belong to {Oceanites}, {Oceanodroma},
{Procellaria}, and several allied genera.
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Diving petrel, any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They
chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel. See Fulmar.
Pintado petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.
Pintado petrel, any one of several small petrels,
especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's
chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
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petrel
(wn) | petrel
n 1: relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far
from land |
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blue petrel
(encz) | blue petrel,buřňák modravý n: [zoo.] Halobaena caerulea kavol |
diving petrel
(encz) | diving petrel, n: |
fulmar petrel
(encz) | fulmar petrel, n: |
giant petrel
(encz) | giant petrel,buřňák n: [zoo.] obrovský n. Hallův (Macronectes) kavol |
northern giant petrel
(encz) | northern giant petrel,buřňák Hallův n: [zoo.] Macronectes halli kavol |
northern storm petrel
(encz) | northern storm petrel, n: |
petrel
(encz) | petrel,buřňák n: [zoo.] lat. Macronectes n. Halobaena (druh mořského
ptáka) Zdeněk Brož; kavol |
southern giant petrel
(encz) | southern giant petrel,buřňák obrovský n: [zoo.] lat. Macronectes
giganteus kavol |
storm petrel
(encz) | storm petrel, n: |
stormy petrel
(encz) | stormy petrel, n: |
white-chinned petrel
(encz) | white-chinned petrel, n: |
blue petrel
(gcide) | Whale \Whale\, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch,
G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval,
hvalfisk. Cf. Narwhal, Walrus.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one
of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred
feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and
baleen, or whalebone.
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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the
toothed whales (Odontocete), including those that
have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm
whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales
(Mysticete), comprising those that are destitute of
teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper
jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of
whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale
(see Illust. of Right whale), the Biscay whale, the
Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under Gray), the
humpback, the finback, and the rorqual.
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Whale bird. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels
which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and
floating oil; especially, Prion turtur (called also
blue petrel), and Pseudoprion desolatus.
(b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the
carcasses of whales. [Canada]
Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds.
Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking,
whales.
Whale louse (Zool.), any one of several species of degraded
amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus,
especially Cyamus ceti. They are parasitic on various
cetaceans.
Whale's bone, ivory. [Obs.]
Whale shark. (Zool.)
(a) The basking, or liver, shark.
(b) A very large harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) native
of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet
long.
Whale shot, the name formerly given to spermaceti.
Whale's tongue (Zool.), a balanoglossus.
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Diving petrel
(gcide) | Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
Petrus, Gr. pe`tros a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so
called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
Petrify.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
to the family Procellarid[ae]. The small petrels, or Mother
Carey's chickens, belong to {Oceanites}, {Oceanodroma},
{Procellaria}, and several allied genera.
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Diving petrel, any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They
chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel. See Fulmar.
Pintado petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.
Pintado petrel, any one of several small petrels,
especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's
chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
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fulmar petrel
(gcide) | Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[u^]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[=u]lm[=a]r. See
foul, and Man a gull.] (Zool.)
One of several species of sea birds, of the family
Procellariid[ae], allied to the albatrosses and petrels.
Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar
(Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel,
malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga
gigantea}).
[1913 Webster]Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
Petrus, Gr. pe`tros a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so
called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
Petrify.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
to the family Procellarid[ae]. The small petrels, or Mother
Carey's chickens, belong to {Oceanites}, {Oceanodroma},
{Procellaria}, and several allied genera.
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Diving petrel, any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They
chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel. See Fulmar.
Pintado petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.
Pintado petrel, any one of several small petrels,
especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's
chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Fulmar petrel
(gcide) | Fulmar \Ful"mar\ (f[u^]lm[aum]r), n. [Icel. f[=u]lm[=a]r. See
foul, and Man a gull.] (Zool.)
One of several species of sea birds, of the family
Procellariid[ae], allied to the albatrosses and petrels.
Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar
(Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel,
malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga
gigantea}).
[1913 Webster]Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
Petrus, Gr. pe`tros a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so
called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
Petrify.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
to the family Procellarid[ae]. The small petrels, or Mother
Carey's chickens, belong to {Oceanites}, {Oceanodroma},
{Procellaria}, and several allied genera.
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Diving petrel, any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They
chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel. See Fulmar.
Pintado petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.
Pintado petrel, any one of several small petrels,
especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's
chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Gadfly petrel
(gcide) | Gadfly \Gad"fly`\ (g[a^]d"fl[imac]`), n.; pl. Gadflies. [Gad +
fly.] (Zool.)
Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied
genera of botflies.
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Note: The sheep gadfly (Oestrus ovis) deposits its young in
the nostrils of sheep, and the larv[ae] develop in the
frontal sinuses. The common species which infests
cattle (Hypoderma bovis) deposits its eggs upon or in
the skin where the larv[ae] or bots live and produce
sores called wormels. The gadflies of the horse produce
the intestinal parasites called bots. See Botfly, and
Bots. The true horseflies are often erroneously
called gadflies, and the true gadflies are sometimes
incorrectly called breeze flies.
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Gadfly petrel (Zool.), one of several small petrels of the
genus Oestrelata.
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Giant petrel
(gcide) | Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
Petrus, Gr. pe`tros a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so
called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
Petrify.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
to the family Procellarid[ae]. The small petrels, or Mother
Carey's chickens, belong to {Oceanites}, {Oceanodroma},
{Procellaria}, and several allied genera.
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Diving petrel, any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They
chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel. See Fulmar.
Pintado petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.
Pintado petrel, any one of several small petrels,
especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's
chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Ice petrel
(gcide) | Ice \Ice\ ([imac]s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. [imac]s; aksin to D.
ijs, G. eis, OHG. [imac]s, Icel. [imac]ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis,
and perh. to E. iron.]
1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state
by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent
colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal.
Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4[deg] C.
being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
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Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] F. or 0[deg] Cent., and ice
melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling
properties to the large amount of heat required to melt
it.
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2. Concreted sugar. --Johnson.
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3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and
artificially frozen.
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4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor
ice.
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Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and
other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and
is thus attached or anchored to the ground.
Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in
extensive fields which drift out to sea.
Ground ice, anchor ice.
Ice age (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under
Glacial.
Ice anchor (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a
field of ice. --Kane.
Ice blink [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the
horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not
yet in sight.
Ice boat.
(a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on
ice by sails; an ice yacht.
(b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice.
Ice box or Ice chest, a box for holding ice; a box in
which things are kept cool by means of ice; a
refrigerator.
Ice brook, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic]
--Shak.
Ice cream [for iced cream], cream, milk, or custard,
sweetened, flavored, and frozen.
Ice field, an extensive sheet of ice.
Ice float, Ice floe, a sheet of floating ice similar to
an ice field, but smaller.
Ice foot, shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. --Kane.
Ice house, a close-covered pit or building for storing ice.
Ice machine (Physics), a machine for making ice
artificially, as by the production of a low temperature
through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the
rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid.
Ice master. See Ice pilot (below).
Ice pack, an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice.
Ice paper, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or
reproducing; papier glac['e].
Ice petrel (Zool.), a shearwater (Puffinus gelidus) of
the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.
Ice pick, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small
pieces.
Ice pilot, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the
course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called
also ice master.
Ice pitcher, a pitcher adapted for ice water.
Ice plow, a large tool for grooving and cutting ice.
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Manx petrel
(gcide) | Manx shearwater \Manx shearwater\ prop. n. (Zool.),
A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus, or
Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It is avariety of
shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
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Pintado petrel
(gcide) | Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L.
Petrus, Gr. pe`tros a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so
called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See
Petrify.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging
to the family Procellarid[ae]. The small petrels, or Mother
Carey's chickens, belong to {Oceanites}, {Oceanodroma},
{Procellaria}, and several allied genera.
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Diving petrel, any bird of the genus Pelecanoides. They
chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere.
Fulmar petrel, Giant petrel. See Fulmar.
Pintado petrel, the Cape pigeon. See under Cape.
Pintado petrel, any one of several small petrels,
especially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's
chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Storm petrel
(gcide) | Storm \Storm\, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel.
stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow,
to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf.
Stratum). [root]166.]
1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind,
rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often,
a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied
with wind or not.
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We hear this fearful tempest sing,
Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. --Shak.
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2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political,
or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war;
violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.
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I will stir up in England some black storm. --Shak.
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Her sister
Began to scold and raise up such a storm. --Shak.
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3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous
force; violence.
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A brave man struggling in the storms of fate.
--Pope.
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4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious
attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by
scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.
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Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained
compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof,
storm-tossed, and the like.
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Anticyclonic storm (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a
central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a
system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction
contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low
temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often
by clear sky. Called also high-area storm,
anticyclone. When attended by high winds, snow, and
freezing temperatures such storms have various local
names, as blizzard, wet norther, purga, buran,
etc.
Cyclonic storm. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See
Cyclone, above.
Magnetic storm. See under Magnetic.
Storm-and-stress period [a translation of G. sturm und
drang periode], a designation given to the literary
agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under
the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the
18th century.
Storm center (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by
a storm, especially by a storm of large extent.
Storm door (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the
entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in
summer.
Storm path (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or
storm center, travels.
Storm petrel. (Zool.) See Stormy petrel, under Petrel.
Storm sail (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy
sails that are bent and set in stormy weather.
Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.
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Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity.
Usage: Storm, Tempest. Storm is violent agitation, a
commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not
necessarily implying the fall of anything from the
clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without
wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the
word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as
those common on the coast of Italy, where the term
originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain,
with lightning and thunder.
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Storms beat, and rolls the main;
O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in
vain. --Pope.
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What at first was called a gust, the same
Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name.
--Donne.
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diving petrel
(wn) | diving petrel
n 1: any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere
seas; somewhat resemble auks |
fulmar petrel
(wn) | fulmar petrel
n 1: heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions [syn:
fulmar, fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis] |
giant petrel
(wn) | giant petrel
n 1: large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas [syn:
giant petrel, giant fulmar, Macronectes giganteus] |
northern storm petrel
(wn) | northern storm petrel
n 1: sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern
Atlantic and Mediterranean [syn: stormy petrel, {northern
storm petrel}, Hydrobates pelagicus] |
petrel
(wn) | petrel
n 1: relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far
from land |
storm petrel
(wn) | storm petrel
n 1: any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler
underparts |
stormy petrel
(wn) | stormy petrel
n 1: sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern
Atlantic and Mediterranean [syn: stormy petrel, {northern
storm petrel}, Hydrobates pelagicus] |
white-chinned petrel
(wn) | white-chinned petrel
n 1: large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on
the chin [syn: white-chinned petrel, {Procellaria
aequinoctialis}] |
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