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Definition of Manx petrel

Manx petrel
Manx Manx, a. Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language. Manx cat (Zo["o]l.), a breed of domestic cats having a rudimentary tail, containing only about three vertebrae. Manx shearwater (Zo["o]l.), an oceanic bird (Puffinus anglorum, or P. puffinus), called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.

Meaning of Manx petrel from wikipedia

- dazzled by artificial lighting. As with other shearwaters and petrels, newly fledged Manx shearwaters are susceptible to grounding in built-up areas due...
- called the Swee****er Secure Breeding Site. Studies in other petrel species such as the Manx shearwater, wandering albatross, and Cory's shearwater, have...
- storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), also known as British storm petrel, or just storm petrel, is a species of seabird in the northern storm petrel family...
- is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the diving petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part...
- Kerguelen petrel, Lugensa brevirostris LC Great-winged petrel, Pterodroma macroptera LC White-headed petrel, Pterodroma lessonii LC Atlantic petrel, Pterodroma...
- Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds in the petrel family Procellariidae. They have a global marine distribution, but are most common in temperate...
- comprises four families: the albatrosses, the petrels and shearwaters, and two families of storm petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses...
- †Aguiguan reed warbler Agulhas long-billed lark Ahanta spurfowl Ainley's storm petrel ʻAkekeʻe ʻAkiapolaʻau ʻAkikiki ʻAkohekohe Akun eagle-owl Alagoas antwren...
- southern/northern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus/halli), Fea's/Desertas petrel (Pterodroma feae/desertas), black-bellied/white-bellied storm petrel (Fregetta tropica/grallaria)...
- family. European storm-petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus (A) Leach's storm-petrel, Hydrobates leucorhous Band-rumped storm-petrel, Hydrobates castro Order:...