'stormy petrel' definitions:
Definition of 'stormy petrel'
(from WordNet)
noun
Sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean [syn: stormy petrel, northern storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus]
Synonyms of 'stormy petrel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- black cat,
- black clouds,
- broken mirror,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- cage bird,
- chick,
- cygnet,
- danger sign,
- diving bird,
- dove,
- eagle,
- eaglet,
- early symptom,
- explorer,
- falling barometer,
- fish-eating bird,
- fledgling,
- flightless bird,
- forebear,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- fowl,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fruit-eating bird,
- fugleman,
- fulmar,
- game bird,
- gathering clouds,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- halcyon bird,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- high sign,
- innovator,
- insect-eating bird,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- messenger,
- migrant,
- migratory bird,
- nestling,
- omen,
- oscine bird,
- owl,
- passerine bird,
- pathfinder,
- peacock,
- peafowl,
- peahen,
- perching bird,
- pigeon,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- preliminary sign,
- premonitory sign,
- premonitory symptom,
- prodroma,
- prodrome,
- quarantine flag,
- rainbow,
- ratite,
- raven,
- red flag,
- red light,
- scout,
- sea bird,
- seed-eating bird,
- shooting star,
- shore bird,
- skull and crossbones,
- songbird,
- squab,
- storm clouds,
- storm petrel,
- swan,
- symptom,
- thundercloud,
- thunderhead,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker,
- wading bird,
- warbler,
- warning sign,
- warning signal,
- water bird,
- waterfowl,
- wildfowl,
- yellow flag,
- yellow jack