1. Word finder
  2. Word definitions
  3. procellaria pelagica

Find the word definition

What is "procellaria pelagica"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Procellaria pelagica

Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. ? a stone (
--John i. 42); -- probably so called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See Petrify.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

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.

Procellaria pelagica

Mother \Moth"er\ (m[u^][th]"[~e]r), n. [OE. moder, AS. m[=o]dor; akin to D. moeder, OS. m[=o]dar, G. mutter, OHG. muotar, Icel. m[=o][eth]ir, Dan. & Sw. moder, OSlav. mati, Russ. mate, Ir. & Gael. mathair, L. mater, Gr. mh`thr, Skr. m[=a]t[.r]; cf. Skr. m[=a] to measure. [root]268. Cf. Material, Matrix, Metropolis, Father.]

  1. A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.

  2. That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.

    Alas! poor country! . . . it can not Be called our mother, but our grave.
    --Shak.

    I behold . . . the solitary majesty of Crete, mother of a religion, it is said, that lived two thousand years.
    --Landor.

  3. An old woman or matron. [Familiar]

  4. The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc.

  5. Hysterical passion; hysteria. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

    Mother Carey's chicken (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small petrels, as the stormy petrel ( Procellaria pelagica), and Leach's petrel ( Oceanodroma leucorhoa), both of the Atlantic, and Oceanodroma furcata of the North Pacific.

    Mother Carey's goose (Zo["o]l.), the giant fulmar of the Pacific. See Fulmar.

    Mother's mark (Med.), a congenital mark upon the body; a birthmark; a n[ae]vus.

Usage examples of "procellaria pelagica".

Then there were little kingfishers, belonging to the species procellaria pelagica, as well as a large number of asteriads, peculiar to these climates, and starfish studding the soil.