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Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Peter.Swedish (Petré) : shortened form of Petrejus or Petraeus, Latinized patronymics from the personal name Per, Pär (see Peter).Slovenian : derivative of the personal name Peter.French (Pêtre) : metonymic occupational name for an apothecary or grocer, from Old French pistel, pestel ‘pestle’.
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Romanian
Pet form of Romanian Petre, PETRICA means "rock, stone."
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Greek
Rock.
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Australian, Danish, Greek, Latin, Swedish
Rock; Stone
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Romanian
Romanian form of Greek Petros, PETRE means "rock, stone."
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n.
See Petrel.
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The stormy petrel.
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Any one of the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar.
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The storm petrel.
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The process of changing into stone; petrification.
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Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
a.
Of or pertaining to to rock.
n. pl.
A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc.
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Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water.
n. pl.
A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils.
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Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar.
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A diving petrel of Australia (Halodroma wrinatrix).
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See Saltpeter.
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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.
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The stormy petrel.
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One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridae) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in great abundance in stormy weather.
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Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels.