HYDROBATES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hydrobates mean? 

• HYDROBATES (noun)
  The noun HYDROBATES has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Hydrobatidae

  Familiarity information: HYDROBATES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROBATES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Hydrobatidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Hydrobates; Hydrobates

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Hydrobates"):

Hydrobates pelagicus; northern storm petrel; stormy petrel (sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean)

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

family Hydrobatidae; Hydrobatidae (storm petrels)