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Wilson's storm petrel

or Wilson's storm-petrel

noun

  1. a small petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, that breeds in the Southern Hemisphere but ranges into the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans.

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Origin of Wilson's storm petrel1

Named after Alexander Wilson (1766–1813), Scottish-American ornithologist

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