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OCEANITES OCEANICUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oceanites oceanicus mean?
• OCEANITES OCEANICUS (noun)
The noun OCEANITES OCEANICUS has 1 sense:
1. medium-sized storm petrel
Familiarity information: OCEANITES OCEANICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized storm petrel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Mother Carey's chicken; Mother Carey's hen; Oceanites oceanicus
Hypernyms ("Oceanites oceanicus" is a kind of...):
storm petrel (any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts)
Holonyms ("Oceanites oceanicus" is a member of...):
genus Oceanites; Oceanites (a genus of Hydrobatidae)
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