'Giant petrel' definitions:
Definition of 'giant petrel'
From: WordNet
noun
Large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas [syn: giant petrel, giant fulmar, Macronectes giganteus]
Definition of 'Giant petrel'
From: GCIDE
- Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p['e]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. pe`tros a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See Petrify.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]