pétrel
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See also: petrel
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pétrel m (plural pétrels)
- petrel (bird)
Derived terms
- pétrel à ailes noires (“Pterodroma nigripennis”)
- pétrel à col blanc (“Pterodroma cervicalis”)
- pétrel à collier (“Pterodroma brevipes”)
- pétrel à poitrine blanche (“Pterodroma alba”)
- pétrel antarctique (“Thalassoica antarctica”)
- pétrel de Barau (“Pterodroma baraui”)
- pétrel de Beck (“Pseudobulweria becki”)
- pétrel de Bourbon (“Pseudobulweria aterrima”)
- pétrel de Bulwer (“Bulweria bulwerii”)
- pétrel de Cook (“Pterodroma cookii”)
- pétrel de De Filippi (“Pterodroma defilippiana”)
- pétrel de Gould (“Pterodroma leucoptera”)
- pétrel de Hall (“Macronectes halli”)
- pétrel de Henderson (“Pterodroma atrata”)
- pétrel de Jouanin (“Bulweria fallax”)
- pétrel de Juan Fernandez (“Pterodroma externa”)
- pétrel de Kerguelen (“Aphrodroma brevirostris”)
- pétrel de Lesson (“Pterodroma lessonii”)
- pétrel de Madère (“Pterodroma madeira”)
- pétrel de Magenta (“Pterodroma magentae”)
- pétrel de Murphy (“Pterodroma ultima”)
- pétrel de Pycroft (“Pterodroma pycrofti”)
- pétrel de Schlegel (“Pterodroma incerta”)
- pétrel de Solander (“Pterodroma solandri”)
- pétrel de Stejneger (“Pterodroma longirostris”)
- pétrel de Tahiti (“Pseudobulweria rostrata”)
- pétrel de Trindade (“Pterodroma arminjoniana”)
- pétrel de Vanuatu (“Pterodroma occulta”)
- pétrel des Bermudes (“Pterodroma cahow”)
- pétrel des Bonin (“Pterodroma hypoleuca”)
- pétrel des Chatham (“Pterodroma axillaris”)
- pétrel des Fidji (“Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi”)
- pétrel des Galapagos (“Pterodroma phaeopygia”)
- pétrel des Hawaï (“Pterodroma sandwichensis”)
- pétrel des Kermadec (“Pterodroma neglecta”)
- pétrel des neiges (“Pagodroma nivea”)
- pétrel diablotin (“Pterodroma hasitata”)
- pétrel géant (“Macronectes giganteus”)
- pétrel gongon (“Pterodroma feae”)
- pétrel hérault (“Pterodroma heraldica”)
- pétrel maculé (“Pterodroma inexpectata”)
- pétrel noir (“Pterodroma macroptera”)
- pétrel soyeux (“Pterodroma mollis”)
Descendants
- → Italian: petrello
Further reading
- “pétrel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.