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FAMILY HYDROBATIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Storm petrels

Synonyms:

family Hydrobatidae; Hydrobatidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Hydrobatidae" 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 "family Hydrobatidae"):

storm petrel (any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts)

genus Hydrobates; Hydrobates (type genus of the Hydrobatidae)

genus Oceanites; Oceanites (a genus of Hydrobatidae)

Holonyms ("family Hydrobatidae" is a member of...):

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

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