GIANT PETREL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas

Synonyms:

giant fulmar; giant petrel; Macronectes giganteus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("giant petrel" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("giant petrel" is a member of...):

genus Macronectes; Macronectes (giant petrels)

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