Stormy+petrel

  • 1stormy petrel — n. STORM PETREL …

    English World dictionary

  • 2stormy petrel — noun sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean • Syn: ↑northern storm petrel, ↑Hydrobates pelagicus • Hypernyms: ↑storm petrel • Member Holonyms: ↑Hydrobates, ↑genus Hydrobates …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 3stormy petrel — noun Date: circa 1776 1. storm petrel 2. a. one fond of strife b. a harbinger of trouble …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 4stormy petrel — 1. the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean. 2. a person who causes or likes trouble or strife. [1770 80] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 5stormy petrel — noun The storm petrel …

    Wiktionary

  • 6stormy petrel — Synonyms and related words: ancestor, angry clouds, announcer, antecedent, avant garde, avifauna, baby bird, bellwether, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 7stormy petrel — noun 1》 dated term for storm petrel. 2》 a person who delights in conflict or attracts controversy …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 8stormy petrel — Mother Carey s chicken, storm bird, stormfinch, storm petrel (Procellaria pelagica) …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 9stormy petrel — storm′y pet′rel n. 1) orn a storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the E Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean 2) a person who likes strife 3) a person or thing that foreshadows trouble …

    From formal English to slang

  • 10stormy petrel — /stɔmi ˈpɛtrəl/ (say stawmee petruhl) noun 1. → storm petrel. 2. a person whose coming supposedly portends trouble …