stormy petrel as a noun: - 1
stormy petrel
noun
1 stormy petrel
Sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean.
synonyms: Hydrobates pelagicus, northern storm petrel.
Roget 668:
warning,
early warning,
caution,
caveat;
notice
etc.
(information)
527;
premonition,
premonishment†;
prediction
etc.
511;
contraindication,
lesson,
dehortation†;
admonition,
monition;
alarm
etc.
669.
handwriting on the wall,
mene mene tekel upharsin,
red flag,
yellow flag;
fog-signal,
foghorn;
siren;
monitor,
warning voice,
Cassandra†,
signs of the times,
Mother Cary's chickens†,
stormy petrel,
bird of ill omen,
gathering clouds,
clouds in the horizon,
death watch.
watchtower,
beacon,
signal post;
lighthouse
etc.
(indication of locality)
550.
sentinel,
sentry, ,
watch,
watchman;
watch and ward;
watchdog,
bandog†,
housedog†;
patrol,
patrolman,
vedette†,
picket,
bivouac,
scout,
spy,
spial†;
undercover agent,
mole,
plainclothesman;
advanced guard,
rear guard;
lookout.
cautiousness
etc.
864.
monitor,
guard camera,
radar,
AWACS,
spy satellite,
spy-in-the-sky,
U2 plane,
spy plane.
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Polish: nawałnik burzowy
Moby thesaurus: ancestor, angry clouds, announcer, antecedent, avant-garde, avifauna, baby bird, bellwether, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy, black cat, black clouds, broken mirror, buccinator, bushwhacker, cage bird, chick, cygnet, danger sign, diving bird, dove, eagle, eaglet, early symptom, explorer, falling barometer, fish-eating bird, fledgling, flightless bird, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, fowl, front runner, frontiersman, fruit-eating bird, fugleman, fulmar, game bird, gathering clouds, groundbreaker, guide, halcyon bird, harbinger, herald, high sign, innovator, insect-eating bird, lead runner, leader, messenger, migrant, migratory bird, nestling, omen, oscine bird, owl, passerine bird, pathfinder, peacock, peafowl, peahen, perching bird, pigeon, pioneer, point, precedent, precursor, predecessor, preliminary sign, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, prodroma, prodrome, quarantine flag, rainbow, ratite, raven, red flag, red light, scout, sea bird, seed-eating bird, shooting star, shore bird, skull and crossbones, songbird, squab, storm clouds, storm petrel, swan, symptom, thundercloud, thunderhead, trailblazer, trailbreaker, vanguard, vaunt-courier, voortrekker, wading bird, warbler, warning sign, warning signal, water bird, waterfowl, wildfowl, yellow flag, yellow jack ... show more.
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