- family Pelecanoididae
- noundiving petrels• Syn: ↑Pelecanoididae• Hypernyms: ↑bird family• Member Holonyms: ↑Procellariiformes, ↑order Procellariiformes• Member Meronyms: ↑diving petrel
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family Pelecanoididae
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Pelecanoididae — noun diving petrels • Syn: ↑family Pelecanoididae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Procellariiformes, ↑order Procellariiformes • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bird family — noun a family of warm blooded egg laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Struthionidae, ↑family Struthionidae, ↑Casuaridae, ↑family Casuaridae, ↑Apterygidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Diving petrel — Peruvian Diving Petrel, Pelecanoides garnotii Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
procellariiform — ▪ bird Introduction any of the group of seabirds that includes the albatrosses (albatross) (family Diomedeidae); shearwaters (shearwater), fulmars (fulmar), prions (prion), and large petrels (petrel) (Procellariidae); storm petrels (storm… … Universalium
petrel — /pe treuhl/, n. any of numerous tube nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae. Cf. storm petrel, diving petrel. [1670 80; earlier pitteral, of uncert. orig.; perh. altered by assoc. with St. Peter (who… … Universalium
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Procellariiformes — Taxobox name = Procellariiformes fossil range = Middle Eocene – Recent image width = 250px image caption = Cape Petrel Daption capense regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves infraclassis = Neognathae ordo = Procellariiformes ordo… … Wikipedia
Diving-petrel — Taxobox name = Diving petrel image width = 250px image caption = Peruvian Diving petrel, Pelecanoides garnotii regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Procellariiformes familia = Pelecanoididae familia authority = G.R. Gray,… … Wikipedia
order Procellariiformes — noun petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels • Syn: ↑Procellariiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Procellariiformes — noun petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels • Syn: ↑order Procellariiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves • Member Merony … Useful english dictionary
