PROCELLARIIFORMES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels

Synonyms:

order Procellariiformes; Procellariiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Procellariiformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Procellariiformes"):

procellariiform seabird (large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas)

Diomedeidae; family Diomedeidae (albatrosses)

family Procellariidae; Procellariidae (petrels; fulmars; shearwaters)

family Hydrobatidae; Hydrobatidae (storm petrels)

family Pelecanoididae; Pelecanoididae (diving petrels)

Holonyms ("Procellariiformes" is a member of...):

Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)