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FAMILY PROCELLARIIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Procellariidae; Procellariidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Procellariidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "family Procellariidae"):
petrel (relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land)
genus Procellaria; Procellaria (type genus of the Procellariidae)
genus Macronectes; Macronectes (giant petrels)
Fulmarus; genus Fulmarus (fulmars)
genus Puffinus; Puffinus (shearwaters)
Holonyms ("family Procellariidae" is a member of...):
order Procellariiformes; Procellariiformes (petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels)