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GENUS MACRONECTES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Giant petrels

Synonyms:

genus Macronectes; Macronectes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Macronectes"):

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

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

family Procellariidae; Procellariidae (petrels; fulmars; shearwaters)

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