peterel

peterel (plural peterels)

1. Archaic form of petrel.
   • 1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:

     The great peterel is as large as the common albatross, and is carnivorous.

• “peterel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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