diving petrel

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   any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas; somewhat resemble auks

   Broaderpelagic bird

   Part ofPelecanoididae

Questions about diving petrel

What does diving petrel mean?

diving petrel means "any of several small diving birds of southern hemisphere seas; somewhat resemble auks".

Is diving petrel a common word?

diving petrel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.