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Noun: petrel  petrul
  1. Relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land

Sounds like: petrol

Derived forms: petrels

Type of: oceanic bird, pelagic bird

Part of: family Procellariidae, Procellariidae

Encyclopedia: Petrel Petrel, Minnesota

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