(n.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.
Example Sentences:
(1) Residues of DDT [1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane] averaging 6.44 parts per million in eggs and chicks of the carnivorous Bermuda petrel indicate widespread contamination of an oceanic food chain that is remote from applications of DDT.
(2) The concentration of bile salts (greater than 500 mM) in the gallbladder of Leach's storm petrel is among the highest recorded.
(3) He saw a shoal of porpoises and a stormy petrel skimming over the waves and read "Humboldt's glowing accounts of tropical scenery.
(4) Several marine species are found only in the Pitcairn Islands, such as the iconic Henderson petrel and the elusive Pitcairn angelfish, photographed for the first time just three years ago.
(5) The retinal ganglion cells in five species (Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, Kerguelen petrel, Pterodroma brevirostris, great shearwater, Puffinus gravis, broad-billed prion, Pachyptila vittata, and common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix) were examined by Nissl staining and also by silver staining in the case of the common diving petrel.
(6) But Leon Smith, the captain, was determined to have him here, his stormy petrel capable of all sorts of heroics in the past, a good-luck charm now and a loud one.
(7) Concentrations of Hg and Se were positively correlated (r = 0.736) in livers of Leach's storm-petrel, but not in other species.
(8) Cestodes of the genus Tetrabothrius were present in large numbers in the intestines of 17 Antarctic petrels (Thalassoica antarctica), and evidence is presented indicating that euphausiid crustaceans may be intermediate hosts.
(9) MFO activity was measured for adult Leach's storm-petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), guillemot (Uria aalge) and Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica).
(10) In albatrosses and petrels, the saline solution that is produced by these glands then runs out through the tubes on the top of the beak."
(11) The island is home to providence petrels, which will come straight to your feet and basically pose for a selfie because they have no cause to be afraid.
(12) Reproduction by the petrel has declined during the last 10 years at the annual rate of 3.25 percent; if the decline continues, reproduction will fail completely by 1978.
(13) DDE, PCBs, and mercury residues were highest in cormorant and petrel, intermediated in alcids, and lowest in eider and tern.
(14) The stomach or proventricular oils from 16 species of petrel have been analyzed and the carbon number distributions of the wax esters, triglycerides, and diacylglyceryl ethers are reported.
(15) A tritium-labeled glycerol triether was tested as a non-absorbable lipid marker for studies of neutral lipid absorption in normal and cholestryamine-induced steatorrhic chicks of Leach's storm petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa).
(16) Using these data in short-term fasting petrels and penguins, or with BML obtained at the beginning or at the end of the fast in long-term fasting species, may lead to up to 2-fold overestimates of incubation metabolic rate (IMR).
(17) Cd and metallothionein (MT) concentrations were positively correlated in kidneys of Leach's storm-petrels (r = 0.692), Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) (r = 0.845) and herring gull (Larus argentatus) (r = 0.866).
(18) The wax esters from three petrel species were found to have greater proportions of the middle range species with carbon numbers 34-38 than calculated.
(19) Organochlorine and mercury concentrations are reported for 252 eggs of Leach's storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), double-crested cormorant (Phalarocorax auritus), common eider (Somateria mollissima), common tern (Sterna hirundo), razorbill (Alca torda), common murre (Uria aalge) black guillemot (Cepphus grylle), and Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) from the Bay of Fundy, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the open Atlantic shore of Canada during 1970-76.
(20) In a second piece of analysis, using data from 55 studies and 13,315 birds, the scientists showed that seabirds that track the scent of DMS to find prey - a group known as tube-nosed seabirds and which includes albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters - are nearly six times more likely to eat plastic than other birds.
Petrol
Definition:
(n.) Petroleum.
Example Sentences:
(1) He gets Lyme disease , he dates indie girls and strippers; he lives in disused warehouses and crappy flats with weirded-out flatmates who want to set him on fire and buy the petrol to do so.
(2) Here petrol is practically a free gift,” Arias said.
(3) Tipping petrol on a fire isn’t going to get the heat out of it,” he told ABC radio.
(4) The closest town of any size is Burns, population 2,806, where you should stock up on petrol, food and water before heading south into the wilderness on the 66-mile Steens Mountain Backcountry Byway.
(5) Tesco, the UK’s biggest petrol retailer with 499 outlets and more than 16% market share, cut petrol and diesel by 1p a litre at all of its petrol stations from lunchtime on Thursday.
(6) While demand in the US remains sluggish, Toyota has benefited at home from a revival in demand for its Prius petrol-electric hybrid, Japan's best-selling passenger car for the past five months.
(7) He reduced the standard rate to 8%, but introduced a higher rate of 12.5% for petrol and some luxury goods, doubling the upper rate later that year to 25% before lowering it in 1976.
(8) Shell, along with other oil companies, has been cleared by the Office of Fair Trading of profiteering on the UK petrol forecourt, but the $27bn annual earnings figure underlines the enormous global profits being made "upstream" – bringing oil and gas out of the ground.
(9) That is 3.1% over the year and today's figures show that Britain is coming back ... For the first time in a decade all three main sectors of the economy have grown by at least 3% in the past year," he said in answer to a question about the price of petrol.
(10) The Unite union, which represents petrol tanker drivers, said there was no threat of a strike over the Easter period and it was focused on talks through the conciliation service Acas.
(11) Petrol car registrations rose by 3.4%, while diesel vehicles saw a slight 0.6% decline in registrations.
(12) Supporters of all parties want more action to cut the cost of petrol.
(13) He not only wouldn’t increase tax on petrol, he gave extra help to those extracting fossil fuel.
(14) This tends to push buyers behind the wheel of a diesel, which usually produces less CO2 than an equivalent petrol.
(15) But anyone who dreams that Germany’s warmth provides more than a sticking plaster to Europe’s migration crisis should have seen the scene half a mile south of the petrol station on Sunday.
(16) Customers posting on Twitter reported having their cards refused in shops, petrol stations and restaurants, as well as not being able to see their balances or withdraw cash at the bank's ATMs.
(17) It was the highest level in more than two years, driven higher by clothing and petrol prices, in a sign that the fall in the value of the pound since the Brexit vote is fuelling a rise in the cost of living.
(18) But the task remains to move the country's remaining fossil fuel-dependent sectors to clean technology: Iceland's fishing fleet, cars and buses, which run on oil and petrol, ironically make the country one of the highest per head greenhouse gas emitters in Europe .
(19) Insecurity has led to panic buying of fuel, with long, chaotic queues at petrol stations.
(20) An attempt to contain juvenile petrol abuse at Elcho Island in the Northern Territory of Australia is described.