Petrel (disambiguation)
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Petrel can refer to
- The petrel group of seabirds
- The British Percival Petrel aircraft of World War II
- Petrel the British rocket
- Petrel the Irish lightship
- USS Petrel, four ships in the United States Navy.
- Petrel, the integrated Windows-PC software solution that allows to solve subsurface challenges from seismic interpretation through reservoir simulation.
It should not be confused with petrol (which is called gasoline in North America), although the two words have the same etymological origin, coming from the Ancient Greek word petra, meaning "rock".
