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ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Procellariiformes mean? 

ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES (noun)
  The noun ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES has 1 sense:

1. petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrelsplay

  Familiarity information: ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORDER PROCELLARIIFORMES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Procellariiformes; Procellariiformes

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order 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 ("order Procellariiformes" is a member of...):

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


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