# Barau's petrel

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A medium-sized gadfly petrel, Pterodroma baraui.

## Etymology
From Barau (“a surname”) + petrel, after French agricultural engineer and ornithologist Armand Barau.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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