MACRONECTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Macronectes mean? 

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

1. giant petrels

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACRONECTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Giant petrels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Macronectes; Macronectes

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Macronectes"):

giant fulmar; giant petrel; Macronectes giganteus (large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas)

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

family Procellariidae; Procellariidae (petrels; fulmars; shearwaters)