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OCEANITES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oceanites mean?
• OCEANITES (noun)
The noun OCEANITES has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Hydrobatidae
Familiarity information: OCEANITES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Hydrobatidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Oceanites; Oceanites
Hypernyms ("Oceanites" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Oceanites"):
Mother Carey's chicken; Mother Carey's hen; Oceanites oceanicus (medium-sized storm petrel)
Holonyms ("Oceanites" is a member of...):
family Hydrobatidae; Hydrobatidae (storm petrels)
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