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    PROCELLARIIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Petrels; fulmars; shearwatersplay

    Synonyms:

    family Procellariidae; Procellariidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

    Meronyms (members of "Procellariidae"):

    petrel (relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land)

    genus Procellaria; Procellaria (type genus of the Procellariidae)

    genus Macronectes; Macronectes (giant petrels)

    Fulmarus; genus Fulmarus (fulmars)

    genus Puffinus; Puffinus (shearwaters)

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

    order Procellariiformes; Procellariiformes (petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels)

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