Wilson's storm petrel

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Etymology

The name commemorates the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson.

Noun

Wilson's storm petrel (plural Wilson's storm petrels)

  1. A small seabird of species Oceanites oceanicus in the storm petrel family Oceanitidae, breeding on the Antarctic coastlines and nearby islands such as the South Shetland Islands.

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