petrel

Etymology
From earlier. Perhaps a diminutive of, with reference to St. Peter's walking on the water (Matthew 14:29).

A derivation from or  has been suggested, for instance by ornithologist Elliott Ladd Coues.

Noun

 * 1) Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: fırtına quşu
 * Catalan: petrell
 * Chukchi: капотаԓгын, кэпутэт
 * Czech: buřňáček
 * Danish: stormfugl
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ulappaliitäjä
 * French:
 * Galician: pardela
 * German:
 * Greek: θαλασσοβάτης, θαλασσοδρόμος
 * Hungarian: hojsza, ,
 * Irish: peadairín, guairdeall
 * Italian:, ossifraga
 * Korean: 슴새
 * Kumyk: боранкъуш, денгиз каракъуш
 * Maori: ōi
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: petrel,
 * Swahili:
 * Tatar: давыл кошы
 * Turkish:, fırtınakuşu
 * Welsh: pedryn, gwylan y graig

Etymology
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Etymology
or.

Noun

 * 1) petrel