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- noun Plural form of
peterel .
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Examples
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Some driftwood floated by during the evening, and a great quantity of birds flew over, among which were nellies, peterels, albatrosses, and a large bird of a brilliant blue plumage.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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The birds, which had hitherto been seen since our first approach to the ice, were fulmar peterels, little auks, looms, and
Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 William Edward Parry 1822
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Course S.E. by S.; latitude, at noon, 55° 31 ', longitude 160° 29'; abundance of blue peterels and some penguins seen.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784
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At eight in the morning of the 28th, we stood to the east, with a gentle gale at north; the weather began to clear up; and we found the sea strewed with large and small ice; several penguins, snow peterels, and other birds were seen, and some whales.
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The day being calm and pleasant, and the sea smooth, we hoisted out a boat, from which Mr Forster shot a penguin and some peterels.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784
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About this time, we saw a penguin and a piece of weed; and the next morning, a seal and some diving peterels.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 Robert Kerr 1784
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We daily saw albatrosses, peterels, and other oceanic birds; but not the least sign of land.
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At seven o'clock in the evening, the fog receding from us a little, gave us a sight of an ice island, several penguins and some snow peterels; we sounded, but found no ground at one hundred and forty fathoms.
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In the morning, we saw another land - bird, and many flocks of gulls and peterels bending their course to the
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The next day, having several hours calm, we put a boat in the water, and shot some albatrosses and peterels, which, at this time, were highly acceptable.
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