Associations to the word «Petrel»

Wiktionary

PETREL, noun. Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes.

Dictionary definition

PETREL, noun. Relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope